\id 2KI World Messianic Bible (WMB) 
\ide UTF-8
\h 2 Kings 
\toc1 The Second Book of Kings 
\toc2 2 Kings 
\toc3 2Ki 
\mt1 The Second Book of Kings  
\c 1  
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\v 1 \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* after \w the|strong="H3478"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H4194"\w* Ahab.   
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\v 2 Ahaziah \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w lattice|strong="H7639"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H2088"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* Baal Zebub, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w god|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, whether \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s\f + \fr 1:3 \ft When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.\f* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w tell|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*\f + \fr 1:3 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “\+wh אֱלֹהִ֑ים\+wh*” (Elohim).\f* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Baal Zebub, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*?  
\v 4 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”’” \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* Elijah \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H4397"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H2088"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*?”   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H3212"\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 The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Baal Zebub, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*? \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.’”’”   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H1696"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w kind|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* man \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*?”   
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\v 8 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* answered \w him|strong="H1931"\w*, “\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* wearing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leather|strong="H5785"\w* belt around \w his|strong="H1931"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w It|strong="H1931"\w*’s Elijah \w the|strong="H1931"\w* \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*.”   
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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 a|strong="H3068"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*,\f + \fr 1:9 \ft “Behold”, from “\+wh הִנֵּה\+wh*”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\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 the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*!’”   
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\v 10 \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, “If \w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\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* consume \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* 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* consumed \w him|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Again|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* another \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*!’”   
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\v 12 \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*, “If \w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\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* consume \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*’s 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* consumed \w him|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Again|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w fell|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w begged|strong="H2603"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, 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* consumed \w the|strong="H4480"\w* last \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w their|strong="H8147"\w* \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. Don’t \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Baal Zebub, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*? \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.’”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w 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 king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* Elijah \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, Elijah \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.  
\v 2 Elijah said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.”  
\p \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* said, “\w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Elisha, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\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 the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. Hold \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*.”   
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\v 4 Elijah said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|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 the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* answered, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. Hold \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*.”   
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\v 6 Elijah said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 8 Elijah \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mantle, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w rolled|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*; \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w there|strong="H2008"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w*.  
\v 9 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, Elijah \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Elisha, “\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w shall|strong="H6310"\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 from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*.”  
\p Elisha \w said|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w double|strong="H8147"\w* \w portion|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hard|strong="H7185"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\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 it|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* fire \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* fire \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 12 Elisha \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*!”  
\p \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* also \w took|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* Elijah’s mantle \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* Elijah’s mantle \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Where|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah?” \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* \w apart|strong="H5674"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w facing|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elijah \w rests|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha.” \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master. \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “Don’t \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* ashamed, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* said, “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.”  
\p \w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* men; \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* didn’t \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “Didn’t \w I|strong="H3808"\w* tell \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘Don’t \w go|strong="H3212"\w*’?”   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* said \w to|strong="H4325"\w* Elisha, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w situation|strong="H4186"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H2896"\w*, \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* lord \w sees|strong="H7200"\w*; \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w barren|strong="H7921"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* said, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w jar|strong="H6746"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w in|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.” \w Then|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*.  
\v 21 \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* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w these|strong="H7495"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w barren|strong="H7921"\w* wasteland.’”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\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* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w youths|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w mocked|strong="H7046"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w baldy|strong="H7142"\w*! \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w baldy|strong="H7142"\w*!”  
\v 24 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w behind|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w female|strong="H8147"\w* \w bears|strong="H1677"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w woods|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mauled \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w youths|strong="H3206"\w*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
\c 3  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* mother, \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w held|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w made|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H1692"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mesha|strong="H4338"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H5349"\w* \w breeder|strong="H5349"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* supplied \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thousand \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thousand \w rams|strong="H3733"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Ahab \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 6 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w mustered|strong="H6485"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \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*, saying, “\w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H7971"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*. \w I|strong="H5971"\w* am \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w*, \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H2088"\w* said, “\w Which|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w shall|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*?”  
\p Jehoram answered, “\w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Edom.”   
\p
\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \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 along|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* circuitous \w route|strong="H1870"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “Alas! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, “Isn’t \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*?”  
\p \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|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 who|strong="H3068"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elijah, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*? \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* mother.”  
\p \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w No|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.”   
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\v 14 Elisha said, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w surely|strong="H3588"\w*, \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w respect|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\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 look|strong="H7200"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w musician|strong="H5059"\w*.” \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w musician|strong="H5059"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w full|strong="H1356"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w trenches|strong="H1356"\w*.’  
\v 17 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, both \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3541"\w* animals.  
\v 18 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w easy|strong="H7043"\w* \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w shall|strong="H5892"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w choice|strong="H4004"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w shall|strong="H5892"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w stop|strong="H5640"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w mar|strong="H3510"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* stones.’”   
\p
\v 20 \w In|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H1242"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* country \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H8085"\w* \w themselves|strong="H8085"\w* \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* able \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w armor|strong="H2290"\w*, young \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w old|strong="H4605"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 22 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w rose|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w shone|strong="H2224"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H4325"\w* red \w as|strong="H4325"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 23 \w They|strong="H5221"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w surely|strong="H5221"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w each|strong="H2088"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w*!”   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="H5127"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, \w so|strong="H6965"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w* \w into|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w attacking|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*.  
\v 25 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H2896"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* stone, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w also|strong="H5221"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w cut|strong="H5640"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Kir Hareseth \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* stones; however \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w armed|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* slings \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\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 saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w break|strong="H1234"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \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 reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\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 burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* land.   
\c 4  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w certain|strong="H3045"\w* woman \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wives \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Elisha, saying, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* husband \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w creditor|strong="H5383"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w himself|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
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\v 2 Elisha said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?”  
\p \w She|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pot \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*. Don’t \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4591"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Go|strong="H5265"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* oil \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H5265"\w* \w aside|strong="H5265"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5462"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5462"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w the|strong="H5462"\w* containers \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5462"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* oil.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w*, \w she|strong="H3627"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H4390"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H5066"\w* \w me|strong="H5066"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w container|strong="H3627"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H4390"\w*, “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* isn’t \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w container|strong="H3627"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3627"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* she \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H7999"\w*. \w He|strong="H3212"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w your|strong="H5046"\w* \w debt|strong="H5386"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5046"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prominent|strong="H1419"\w* woman; \w and|strong="H3117"\w* she \w persuaded|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w often|strong="H1767"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 9 \w She|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* husband, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H6918"\w* God \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w*’s \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w roof|strong="H5944"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w*’s \w set|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 stand \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* stay \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*.” \w When|strong="H5975"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*, \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Say|strong="H1696"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w cared|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w care|strong="H2731"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*? \w Would|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w or|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*?’”  
\p \w She|strong="H2063"\w* \w answered|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w*?”  
\p \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* answered, “Most \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w* husband \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*.” \w When|strong="H5975"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*, \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H6256"\w* said, “\w At|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w* \w next|strong="H2416"\w* \w year|strong="H2416"\w*, \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\p \w She|strong="H6256"\w* said, “No, \w my|strong="H2088"\w* lord, \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God, \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* came around, \w as|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w*, \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* father \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*.  
\v 19 He said \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father, “\w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*! \w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*!”  
\p He said \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* mother.”   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3427"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* mother, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 21 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \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* man \w of|strong="H5921"\w* God’s \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* door \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 22 \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* husband \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* donkeys, \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w would|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H1980"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*? \w It|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.”  
\p \w She|strong="H2320"\w* said, “\w It|strong="H3117"\w*’s \w all|strong="H3117"\w* right.”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* donkey, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Drive|strong="H5090"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w forward|strong="H3212"\w*! Don’t \w slow|strong="H6113"\w* \w down|strong="H6113"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w*, \w unless|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* she \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* God \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* God \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w afar|strong="H5048"\w* \w off|strong="H5048"\w*, \w he|strong="H3212"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w*, \w and|strong="H7965"\w* ask \w her|strong="H7125"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H3206"\w* \w it|strong="H7965"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3206"\w* \w it|strong="H7965"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* husband? \w Is|strong="H3206"\w* \w it|strong="H7965"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*?’”  
\p She answered, “\w It|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H3206"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w caught|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* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w thrust|strong="H1920"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w troubled|strong="H4843"\w* \w within|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5956"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* said, “\w Did|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w my|strong="H3808"\w* lord? Didn’t \w I|strong="H3808"\w* say, ‘Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deceive|strong="H7952"\w* \w me|strong="H7592"\w*’?”   
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “Tuck \w your|strong="H3947"\w* cloak \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* belt, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, don’t \w greet|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* greets \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, don’t \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H3212"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*’s mother said, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5800"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w hearing|strong="H7182"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \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 has|strong="H5674"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* awakened.”   
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\v 32 \w When|strong="H7901"\w* Elisha had \w come|strong="H5288"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\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 his|strong="H7760"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w grew|strong="H5927"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.  
\v 35 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w once|strong="H6471"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w forth|strong="H2008"\w*, \w then|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w sneezed|strong="H2237"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 36 \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w*.  
\p \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* come \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*, \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w herself|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground; \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w boil|strong="H1310"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* herbs, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lap \w full|strong="H4393"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* cut \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w recognize|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 40 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* eat. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* eating \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w and|strong="H4194"\w* said, “Man \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*!” \w And|strong="H4194"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*.” \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\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 Serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* eat.” \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w harmful|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* man \w from|strong="H3899"\w* Baal Shalishah \w came|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* man \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H1061"\w* \w fruits|strong="H1061"\w*: \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w fresh|strong="H3759"\w* \w ears|strong="H3759"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w grain|strong="H3759"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sack|strong="H6861"\w*. Elisha said, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w may|strong="H5971"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*.”   
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\v 43 \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w*, \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*?”  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* eat; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H3498"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*.’”   
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\v 44 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* ate \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 5  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w master|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w honorable|strong="H5375"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Syria; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Eretz-Israel \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w waited|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*’s wife.  
\v 3 \w She|strong="H6440"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H6440"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*, “\w I|strong="H6440"\w* wish \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* lord \w were|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*! Then \w he|strong="H6440"\w* would heal \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”   
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\v 4 Someone \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* lord, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5046"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Eretz-Israel \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w now|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*\f + \fr 5:5 \ft A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* thousand pieces \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* clothing.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, saying, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* heal \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Am|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H3045"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* heal \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*? \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* seeks \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quarrel \w against|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H7971"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* Elisha \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* clothes, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, saying, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* clothes? \w Let|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* came \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5975"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5975"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Elisha.  
\v 10 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, saying, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w shall|strong="H1320"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w shall|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* thought, ‘\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wave|strong="H5130"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* heal \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.’  
\v 12 Aren’t Abanah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Pharpar|strong="H6554"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? Couldn’t \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*?” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rage|strong="H2534"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w His|strong="H7364"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w My|strong="H6213"\w* father, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w asked|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, wouldn’t \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*? \w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H1697"\w* \w rather|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Wash|strong="H7364"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*’?”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w he|strong="H7725"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \w himself|strong="H2881"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, according \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* God; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w company|strong="H4264"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \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 is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* God \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H1293"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* none.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*; \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* said, “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*, \w then|strong="H6213"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*’ \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* earth \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* gods, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master goes \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w leans|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* myself \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*. \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* myself \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
\p
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3212"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* him, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.”  
\p So \w he|strong="H3212"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* him \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H3530"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, said, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spared|strong="H2820"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Syrian, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w receiving|strong="H3947"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w something|strong="H3972"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
\p
\v 21 \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w followed|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* said, “\w Is|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*?”   
\p
\v 22 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* said, “\w All|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H5030"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, saying, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, even \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w*\f + \fr 5:22 \ft A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds\f* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* clothing.’”   
\p
\v 23 \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* said, “\w Be|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*.” \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w urged|strong="H6555"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w bound|strong="H6887"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bags|strong="H2754"\w*, \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* clothing, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*; \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w hill|strong="H6076"\w*, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* stored \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H6485"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* master. Elisha said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H5975"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w*, \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w Your|strong="H3808"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w nowhere|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
\p
\v 26 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “Didn’t \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3820"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* garments, \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 cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*?  
\v 27 Therefore \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w*\f + \fr 5:27 \ft or, seed\f* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*, \w as|strong="H3318"\w* white \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w small|strong="H6862"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w each|strong="H3947"\w* man \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beam|strong="H6982"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w*’s \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H5704"\w* answered, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*!”   
\p
\v 3 One said, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3212"\w* answered, “\w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”  
\v 4 So \w he|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* them. When they \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, they \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w down|strong="H1504"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* cutting \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tree, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* ax \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6817"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* said, “Alas, \w my|strong="H1961"\w* master! \w For|strong="H4325"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w borrowed|strong="H7592"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* God asked, “\w Where|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H5307"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*?” \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w cut|strong="H7094"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*, \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H6086"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w float|strong="H6687"\w*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, saying, “\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w camp|strong="H8466"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w such|strong="H6423"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w such|strong="H6423"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \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*, saying, “\w Beware|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Syrians \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w coming|strong="H5185"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H8104"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* man \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* told \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w warned|strong="H2094"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w saved|strong="H8104"\w* \w himself|strong="H8104"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* once \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w twice|strong="H8147"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria’s \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w troubled|strong="H5590"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “Won’t \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w show|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w which|strong="H7945"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”   
\p
\v 12 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H5046"\w* lord, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* Elisha, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w tells|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w may|strong="H1931"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* came \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5362"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* God \w had|strong="H2428"\w* \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w His|strong="H6965"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “Alas, \w my|strong="H6965"\w* master! \w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w shall|strong="H5892"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
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\v 16 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* answered, “Don’t \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w with|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w with|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 17 Elisha \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.” \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w around|strong="H5439"\w* Elisha.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, Elisha \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w* according \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Elisha’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 19 Elisha said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H2088"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w bring|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 seek|strong="H1245"\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*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, Elisha said, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* these men’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.”  
\p \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Elisha, \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*? \w Shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*?”   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* answered, “\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w shall|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. Would \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* those \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*? \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H4325"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w then|strong="H7760"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* master.”   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3739"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w feast|strong="H3740"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w After|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* ate \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* master. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1416"\w* Syria stopped raiding Eretz-Israel.   
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\v 24 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, Benhadad \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 25 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w sold|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7255"\w* \w part|strong="H7255"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w kab|strong="H6894"\w*\f + \fr 6:25 \ft A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint\f* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* dove’s dung \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 26 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, saying, “\w Help|strong="H3467"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* lord, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”   
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\v 27 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “If \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* doesn’t \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*, \w where|strong="H4480"\w* could \w I|strong="H4480"\w* get \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*? \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wine|strong="H3342"\w* \w press|strong="H3342"\w*?”  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* problem?”  
\p \w She|strong="H2063"\w* answered, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* woman said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* eat \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* eat \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*.’  
\v 29 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ate \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* next \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w him|strong="H5414"\w*;’ \w and|strong="H1121"\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 the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* underneath \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Then|strong="H3254"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* said, “God \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w also|strong="H3541"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* \w stays|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H5493"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*? \w Behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w comes|strong="H6440"\w*, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w hold|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. Isn’t \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w*’s \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* behind \w him|strong="H6440"\w*?”   
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\v 33 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w*?”   
\c 7  
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\v 1 Elisha \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seah\f + \fr 7:1 \ft 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks\f* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* sold \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*,\f + \fr 7:1 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.\f* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.’”   
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H7991"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H8033"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* windows \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* four \w leprous|strong="H6879"\w* men \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?  
\v 4 If \w we|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* enter \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,’ \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. If \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s surrender \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* Syrians. If \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; \w and|strong="H3212"\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 only|strong="H5307"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Syrians. \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H4264"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* outermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Syrians, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w no|strong="H6965"\w* man \w was|strong="H4264"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 6 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord\f + \fr 7:6 \ft The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”\f* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Syrians \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w even|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* another, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\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 against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 7 Therefore \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*, \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, even \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* these \w lepers|strong="H6879"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* outermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w one|strong="H5375"\w* tent, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* ate \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* clothing \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w entered|strong="H5704"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* another tent \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* things \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* aren’t \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* good \w news|strong="H1309"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w silent|strong="H2814"\w*. \w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* light, \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtake|strong="H4672"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* came \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*; \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* came \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Syrians, \w and|strong="H6963"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* no man \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man’s \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* tied, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* tied, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* out \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Syrians \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, saying, ‘\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w One|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H1995"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w*, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w*. \w Let|strong="H7971"\w*’s \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Therefore|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Syrian \w army|strong="H4264"\w*, saying, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H2009"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* garments \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w equipment|strong="H3627"\w* \w which|strong="H4397"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w haste|strong="H2648"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* plundered \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Syrians. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seah\f + \fr 7:16 \ft 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks\f* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w sold|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*,\f + \fr 7:16 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.\f* according \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H7991"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H8179"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 18 \w It|strong="H1696"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “Two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w*\f + \fr 7:18 \ft 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*,\f + \fr 7:18 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.\f* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*;”  
\v 19 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w captain|strong="H7991"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* windows \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*?” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w over|strong="H8179"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\c 8  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stay|strong="H1481"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* wherever \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*. \w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* man \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w lived|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 3 \w At|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* she \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* beg \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \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* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w 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 As|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w telling|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w* begged \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* said, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* lord, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* woman, \w she|strong="H5704"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* certain \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, saying, “\w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* hers, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruits|strong="H8393"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H5704"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w came|strong="H1130"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Benhadad \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5704"\w* man \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God \w has|strong="H4428"\w* come \w here|strong="H2008"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, saying, ‘\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*?’”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, even \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, forty \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*’ \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, saying, ‘\w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*?’”   
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\v 10 \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*;’ \w however|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w settled|strong="H5975"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w gaze|strong="H6440"\w* steadfastly \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* ashamed. \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*, \w my|strong="H3045"\w* lord?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* answered, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w 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 children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w strongholds|strong="H4013"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* fire, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w dash|strong="H7376"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w little|strong="H5768"\w* \w ones|strong="H5768"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rip|strong="H1234"\w* \w up|strong="H1234"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*?”  
\p Elisha \w answered|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* Syria.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3212"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H2421"\w* master, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H2421"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* say \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3212"\w* answered, “\w He|strong="H3212"\w* told \w me|strong="H2421"\w* \w that|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thick \w cloth|strong="H4346"\w*, \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w being|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\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 began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* married Ahab’s \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 19 However, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*’s \w sake|strong="H4616"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* Edom \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zair|strong="H6811"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Edomites \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* tents.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* Edom \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 24 \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Ahaziah \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\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* \w began|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H3478"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w He|strong="H5221"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Syrians \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 be|strong="H1121"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria. Ahaziah \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.   
\c 9  
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\v 1 \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H2296"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* belt \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w vial|strong="H6378"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \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 the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vial|strong="H6378"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”’ \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* don’t \w wait|strong="H2442"\w*.”   
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\v 4 So \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, \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* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="H3427"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.”  
\p \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w To|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* us?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w To|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w into|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H4886"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H4886"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w even|strong="H3541"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Jezebel.  
\v 8 \w For|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w perish|strong="H3772"\w*. \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* Ahab \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* urinates \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*,\f + \fr 9:8 \ft or, male\f* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H3772"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w shut|strong="H6113"\w* \w up|strong="H6113"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3772"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahijah.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H6605"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3611"\w* eat Jezebel \w on|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* plot \w of|strong="H2506"\w* ground \w of|strong="H2506"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w and|strong="H1817"\w* there \w shall|strong="H3611"\w* be \w no|strong="H2506"\w* one \w to|strong="H5127"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w*.’” \w Then|strong="H2506"\w* \w he|strong="H6912"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H1817"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* lord \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w madman|strong="H7696"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3318"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* talks.”   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w hurried|strong="H4116"\w*, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w each|strong="H3947"\w* man \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* cloak, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w top|strong="H1634"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w stairs|strong="H4609"\w*, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* shofar, saying, “\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w is|strong="H7782"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*. (\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w defending|strong="H8104"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria;  
\v 15 \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria.) \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* thinking, \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w let|strong="H5046"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. Ahaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Now|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w was|strong="H3058"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w company|strong="H8229"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w as|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w company|strong="H8229"\w*.”  
\p \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horseman|strong="H7395"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* say, ‘\w Is|strong="H5975"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’”   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* said, “\w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’”  
\p \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? Fall \w in|strong="H4428"\w* behind \w me|strong="H7725"\w*!”  
\p \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* isn’t \w coming|strong="H7125"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w*, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H5437"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’”  
\p \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* answered, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? Fall \w in|strong="H4428"\w* behind \w me|strong="H7971"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* said, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* isn’t coming \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \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 for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w drives|strong="H5090"\w* \w furiously|strong="H7697"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3318"\w* \w ready|strong="H4672"\w*!”  
\p \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w ready|strong="H4672"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Ahaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, each \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*’s \w land|strong="H2513"\w*.  
\v 22 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H5704"\w* answered, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* prostitution \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* mother Jezebel \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* witchcraft \w abound|strong="H7227"\w*?”   
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\v 23 \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* said \w to|strong="H3027"\w* Ahaziah, “\w This|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* treason, Ahaziah!”   
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\v 24 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w drew|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w strength|strong="H2220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* between \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* sunk \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \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* Bidkar \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w captain|strong="H7991"\w*, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* Ahab \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*:  
\v 26 ‘\w Surely|strong="H7999"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* yesterday \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*,’ \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; ‘\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*,’ \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* onto \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* Ahaziah \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w followed|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w Strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*!” \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gur|strong="H1483"\w*, \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 28 \w His|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 29 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eleventh|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab, Ahaziah \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* come \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, Jezebel \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*; \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w she|strong="H2474"\w* \w painted|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w adorned|strong="H3190"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w out|strong="H8259"\w* \w at|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.  
\v 31 \w As|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w entered|strong="H3058"\w* \w in|strong="H2026"\w* \w at|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, she said, “Do you come \w in|strong="H2026"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, you \w murderer|strong="H2026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w your|strong="H2026"\w* master?”   
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\v 32 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\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*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w*?”  
\p \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w or|strong="H8147"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w out|strong="H8259"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\p
\v 33 \w He|strong="H1818"\w* said, “\w Throw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*!”  
\p So they \w threw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*; \w and|strong="H1818"\w* some \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w was|strong="H1818"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H5137"\w* \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7429"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7429"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*. Then \w he|strong="H1818"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w under|strong="H7429"\w* \w foot|strong="H7429"\w*.  
\v 34 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* ate \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w See|strong="H6485"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* cursed \w woman|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H6912"\w*; \w for|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*.”   
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\v 35 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*.  
\p \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H3068"\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 \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w plot|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*,  
\v 37 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Jezebel \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*’s \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* won’t say, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* Jezebel.”’”   
\c 10  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H7971"\w* Ahab \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, even \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* \w brought|strong="H7971"\w* \w up|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, saying,  
\v 2 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* comes \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w*, \w since|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* master’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* armor,  
\v 3 \w select|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fittest|strong="H3477"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* master’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* master’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* said, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* didn’t \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*! \w How|strong="H2009"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*?”  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* raised \w the|strong="H3605"\w* children, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, saying, “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* ask \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H6256"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* side, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* master’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H4279"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.”  
\p \w Now|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* persons, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w they|strong="H7819"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, even \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\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* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.  
\v 8 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H4397"\w* \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* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\p \w He|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w Lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6652"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, \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 You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* master \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w*?  
\v 10 \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H1115"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w familiar|strong="H3045"\w* \w friends|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w As|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w shearing|strong="H7462"\w* \w house|strong="H1044"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\v 13 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3381"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="H4428"\w* answered, “\w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah. \w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w going|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w greet|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* said, “\w Take|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*!”  
\p \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* pit \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* shearing \w house|strong="H1044"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* didn’t \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \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 Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, \w as|strong="H3824"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*?”  
\p \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* answered, “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w*.”  
\p “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Ahab \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* said \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*, “Ahab \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w*, \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. \w Let|strong="H6258"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* absent, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* absent, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* deceptively, intending \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H6116"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H6942"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* didn’t \w come|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* into \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w another|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* kept \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wardrobe|strong="H4458"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w robes|strong="H3830"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w robes|strong="H3830"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w into|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, “\w Search|strong="H2664"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w none|strong="H6435"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*. \w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* whom \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* lets \w him|strong="H5921"\w* go, \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w shall|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* soon \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*! \w Let|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w captains|strong="H7991"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* bodies \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w shrine|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 26 \w They|strong="H3318"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 27 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w latrine|strong="H4280"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 28 Thus \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* out \w of|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*—\w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2895"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w executing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* generation.”   
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\v 31 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H7096"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* parts \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*  
\v 33 \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gadites|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Reubenites|strong="H7206"\w*, \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Manassites|strong="H4520"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, \w which|strong="H5158"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 35 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 36 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty-eight|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\c 11  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mother \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4467"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* destroyed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehosheba|strong="H3089"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, sister \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land.   
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\v 4 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Carites|strong="H3746"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w who|strong="H8104"\w* come \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\v 6 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w Sur|strong="H5495"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* behind \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w*. \w So|strong="H7323"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* barrier.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* companies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w even|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ranks|strong="H7713"\w*, \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H8269"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H7982"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1732"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, \w every|strong="H5439"\w* man \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H8042"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* covenant; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w clapped|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Long|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, she \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\v 14 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tradition \w was|strong="H4428"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shofars\f + \fr 11:14 \ft or, trumpets\f* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w rejoiced|strong="H8056"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* shofars\f + \fr 11:14 \ft or, trumpets\f*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*! \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*!”   
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\v 15 \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w set|strong="H6485"\w* \w over|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* between \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ranks|strong="H7713"\w*. \w Kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* follows \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “Don’t \w let|strong="H6485"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w seized|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* she \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*’ \w entry|strong="H3996"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* she \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* between \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w also|strong="H3068"\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*.  
\v 18 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w images|strong="H6754"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H3190"\w*, \w and|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 before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w officers|strong="H6486"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Carites|strong="H3746"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 21 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.   
\c 12  
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\v 1 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* began \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Jerusalem. \w His|strong="H3060"\w* mother’s name \w was|strong="H1121"\w* Zibiah \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beersheba.  
\v 2 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w did|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* which \w was|strong="H8034"\w* right \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3058"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s eyes all \w his|strong="H3060"\w* \w days|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* which Jehoiada \w the|strong="H3058"\w* priest instructed \w him|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 3 However, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H6213"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w taken|strong="H6213"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* still \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burned incense \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H6213"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 4 Jehoash said \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*, “\w All|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* holy \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H5971"\w* \w brought|strong="H5493"\w* \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s house, \w in|strong="H5493"\w* current money, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* man \w is|strong="H5971"\w* evaluated,\x + \xo 12:4 \xt Exodus 30:12\x* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* comes \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* man’s heart \w to|strong="H5971"\w* bring \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s house,  
\v 5 \w let|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* donor; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* repair \w the|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w so|strong="H3947"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* twenty-third year \w of|strong="H1004"\w* King Jehoash \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* called \w for|strong="H1004"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\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* aren’t \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* damage \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* money \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* treasurers, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* deliver \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* damage \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* consented \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* damage \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \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 its|strong="H3947"\w* lid, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* set \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w beside|strong="H1115"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* altar, \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* right side \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* comes \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* kept \w the|strong="H3947"\w* threshold \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 10 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s scribe \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* bags \w and|strong="H3068"\w* counted \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* weighed \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* hands \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* work, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* oversight \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* paid \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* carpenters \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* builders \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w worked|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 12 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w masons|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stone cutters, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* buying \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cut stone \w to|strong="H3318"\w* repair \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w damage|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* repair \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* cups \w of|strong="H1004"\w* silver, snuffers, basins, shofars\f + \fr 12:13 \ft or, trumpets\f*, \w any|strong="H3605"\w* vessels \w of|strong="H1004"\w* gold \w or|strong="H1004"\w* vessels \w of|strong="H1004"\w* silver, \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* money \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\v 14 \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* repaired \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Moreover|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t demand \w an|strong="H6213"\w* accounting \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* whose \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H2388"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* faithfully.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* trespass \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sin \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s house. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*’.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Hazael king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Syria \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fought \w against|strong="H3068"\w* Gath, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Hazael set \w his|strong="H3068"\w* face \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem.  
\v 18 Jehoash \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* holy things \w that|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoshaphat \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoram \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah, \w his|strong="H7760"\w* fathers, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, \w had|strong="H4428"\w* dedicated, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* holy things, \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* found \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s house, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s house, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Now|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* acts \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* book \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chronicles \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 20 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* servants arose \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* conspiracy, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* struck \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* house \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Millo, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* goes \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Silla.  
\v 21 \w For|strong="H1004"\w* Jozacar \w the|strong="H5221"\w* son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Shimeath, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Jehozabad \w the|strong="H5221"\w* son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Shomer, \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* died; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* buried \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H1004"\w* David’s city; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Amaziah \w his|strong="H5221"\w* son reigned \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\c 13  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twenty-third|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H3059"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s anger \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \w continually|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* begged \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w oppression|strong="H3906"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 5 (\w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w savior|strong="H3467"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Syrians; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* tents \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H8032"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Nevertheless|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H5975"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* Asherah \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.)  
\v 7 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* thousand \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria destroyed \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 9 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thirty-seventh|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \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* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 13 \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* fathers; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Now|strong="H3478"\w* Elisha \w became|strong="H2470"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* said, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* father, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*!”   
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\v 15 Elisha said \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*;” \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w he|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w for|strong="H3947"\w* himself.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. Elisha \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w Open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\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 and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w over|strong="H3068"\w* Syria; \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Syrians \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Aphek \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w He|strong="H5221"\w* said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w He|strong="H5221"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground;” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* man \w of|strong="H5921"\w* God \w was|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H2568"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* should \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* would \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* Syria \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H6471"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* Syria \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.”   
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\v 20 Elisha \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\p Now \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* invaded \w the|strong="H4191"\w* land \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* coming \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 21 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w band|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*’s \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w*. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*’s \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* favored \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* didn’t \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w yet|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joahaz|strong="H3099"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Amaziah \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jehoaddin|strong="H3086"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w yet|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w However|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*. \w The|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 5 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w established|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* father,  
\v 6 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w murderers|strong="H5221"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Torah \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, saying, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* fathers \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fathers; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H5221"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* thousand Edomites \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Sela|strong="H5554"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w its|strong="H5704"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Amaziah \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, saying, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H7971"\w*’s \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w another|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, saying, “\w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* cedar \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, saying, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w wife|strong="H2416"\w*.’ \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w*.  
\v 10 \w You|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w indeed|strong="H5221"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*. \w Enjoy|strong="H3513"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w glory|strong="H3513"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*; \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w meddle|strong="H1624"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w*, \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, even \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Amaziah \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* each \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* tent.  
\v 13 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w broke|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, four \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* cubits.\f + \fr 14:13 \ft A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.\f*  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hostages|strong="H8594"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 16 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 17 Amaziah \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*; \w but|strong="H4191"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 20 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* Elath \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. After \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* fathers.   
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\v 23 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* forty-one \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 24 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* entrance \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amittai, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Gath Hepher.  
\v 26 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4784"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w*, slave \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w free|strong="H5800"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w helper|strong="H5826"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w blot|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H4229"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 29 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* fathers, even \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\c 15  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w twenty-seventh|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jecoliah|strong="H3203"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father Amaziah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*. \w The|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w separate|strong="H2669"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w judging|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land.  
\v 6 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 7 \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thirty-eighth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 10 \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 conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 12 \w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* generation \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w pass|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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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 began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w thirty-ninth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 14 \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*, \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w* \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* areas, \w from|strong="H1366"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gates \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w ripped|strong="H1234"\w* \w up|strong="H1234"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w child|strong="H2030"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* thousand \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*\f + \fr 15:19 \ft A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w might|strong="H4467"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w confirm|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w exacted|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w*\f + \fr 15:20 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* didn’t \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.  
\v 21 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 22 \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fiftieth|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H4427"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 24 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 25 \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 his|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H7991"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fortress \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Argob \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Arieh; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gileadites|strong="H1569"\w*. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\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* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fifty-second|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 29 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Tiglath Pileser \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, Abel Beth Maacah, \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*, \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria.  
\v 30 \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\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 attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\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* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \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* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\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 However|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\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 LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 37 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w against|strong="H7425"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventeenth|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, Ahaz \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 Ahaz \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* began \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* didn’t \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w made|strong="H1571"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* fire, according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w wage|strong="H4421"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* Ahaz, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w overcome|strong="H3201"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* Elath \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Syria, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* drove \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Elath; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Syrians \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Elath, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* Ahaz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Tiglath Pileser \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria, saying, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.”  
\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 found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*.   
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\v 10 \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* Tiglath Pileser \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H7971"\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 at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*; \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Urijah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \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* plans \w to|strong="H3212"\w* build \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 11 Urijah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. According \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* Urijah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* coming \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \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 had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3409"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 15 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* Urijah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, saying, “\w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sprinkle|strong="H2236"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*; \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1239"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 16 Urijah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, according \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* panels \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* basin \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pavement|strong="H4837"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* stone.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* covered \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w outer|strong="H2435"\w* \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.  
\v 19 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 20 Ahaz \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\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 that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w yet|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w discovered|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w*; \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* done \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria seized \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* bound \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w*, \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* other gods,  
\v 8 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w secretly|strong="H2644"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\v 10 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* Asherah poles \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*;  
\v 11 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*;  
\v 12 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, saying, “\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.”  
\v 14 Notwithstanding, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w who|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t believe \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|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 his|strong="H3068"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1891"\w* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w concerning|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w molten|strong="H4541"\w* \w images|strong="H4541"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w*, \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* Asherah, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire, \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w divination|strong="H7081"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w enchantments|strong="H5172"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*. \w There|strong="H7604"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* didn’t \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* raiders, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 21 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \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 king|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w drove|strong="H5077"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* following \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*  
\v 23 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Assyria \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Babylon, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Cuthah|strong="H3575"\w*, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Avva|strong="H5755"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H8478"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w*, \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* didn’t \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* lions \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, saying, “\w The|strong="H3045"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* don’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w law|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* land. \w Therefore|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* lions \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*; \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, because \w they|strong="H3808"\w* don’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w law|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* land.”   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, saying, “\w Carry|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* whom \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w let|strong="H1540"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*\f + \fr 17:27 \ft Hebrew: \fq them\f* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w let|strong="H1540"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w law|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* god \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* land.”   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* whom \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w taught|strong="H3384"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* how \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 29 However \w every|strong="H6213"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Samaritans|strong="H8118"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w every|strong="H6213"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* Babylon \w made|strong="H6213"\w* Succoth Benoth, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Cuth|strong="H3575"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nergal|strong="H5370"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* Ashima,  
\v 31 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Avvites|strong="H5757"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nibhaz|strong="H5026"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tartak|strong="H8662"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sepharvites|strong="H5616"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire \w to|strong="H6213"\w* Adrammelech \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anammelech|strong="H6048"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*.  
\v 32 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w among|strong="H7098"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 33 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* gods, \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* ways \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w among|strong="H8033"\w* whom \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w*.  
\v 34 \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* don’t \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\v 35 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, saying, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* other gods, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*;  
\v 36 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 37 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w which|strong="H2706"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods.  
\v 38 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* other gods.  
\v 39 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w However|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* didn’t \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H7223"\w*.  
\v 41 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w engraved|strong="H6456"\w* \w images|strong="H6456"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w likewise|strong="H1571"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 18  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Abi \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Asherah. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H4872"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w Nehushtan|strong="H5180"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 6 \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w joined|strong="H1692"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* following \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w Wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w prospered|strong="H7919"\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* didn’t \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5704"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\v 10 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8337"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H5148"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w*, \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*,  
\v 12 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, saying, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w offended|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Withdraw|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w That|strong="H5414"\w* \w which|strong="H2091"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*.” \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*\f + \fr 18:14 \ft A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 16 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w off|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 LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* pillars \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Tartan|strong="H8661"\w*, \w Rabsaris|strong="H7249"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3389"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w they|strong="H3389"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, \w which|strong="H7704"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* fuller’s \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Eliakim \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shebnah|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* said \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H2088"\w*, “Say \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* confidence \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* trust?  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* (\w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w vain|strong="H8193"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*), ‘\w There|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.’ \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* trust, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*?  
\v 21 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w bruised|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*, \w even|strong="H3651"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w leans|strong="H5564"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H4428"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* trust \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* tell \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,’ isn’t \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* whose \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* whose \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*’?  
\v 23 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w pledges|strong="H6148"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* two thousand \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 24 How \w then|strong="H7725"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H6996"\w* \w captain|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* master’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* trust \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*?  
\v 25 \w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w without|strong="H1107"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*? \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.’”’”   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* Eliakim \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w Shebnah|strong="H7644"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Syrian \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. Don’t \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Jews’ \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Has|strong="H1697"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? Hasn’t \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* men \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* dung, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w urine|strong="H7890"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*?”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Jews’ \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.  
\v 29 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘Don’t \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|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 deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 30 Don’t \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, saying, “\w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.”  
\v 31 Don’t \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*.’ \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w peace|strong="H1293"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* everyone \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* eat \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* own \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* everyone \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* own \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* everyone \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* own cistern;  
\v 32 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own land, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. Don’t \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* persuades \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, saying, “\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 33 \w Has|strong="H4428"\w* any \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* gods \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* ever \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* land \w out|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria?  
\v 34 \w Where|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Arpad? \w Where|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w*? \w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w out|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?  
\v 35 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* countries, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* country \w out|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w out|strong="H5337"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?’”   
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\v 36 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stayed \w quiet|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w*, “Don’t \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* Eliakim \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* clothes \w torn|strong="H7167"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*’s \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 19  
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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 it|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* clothes, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w himself|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* Eliakim, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, “\w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w rejection|strong="H5007"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w point|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w deliver|strong="H6869"\w* \w them|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 4 \w It|strong="H5375"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w his|strong="H3605"\w* master \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w*.’”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w 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*, “\w Tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w news|strong="H8052"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* own land. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* own land.”’”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w warring|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*.  
\v 9 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tirhakah|strong="H8640"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*,” \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, saying,  
\v 10 “Tell \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘Don’t \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* trust \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, saying, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.  
\v 11 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* lands, \w by|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroying|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*. \w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*?  
\v 12 \w Have|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*, \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*—\w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*, \w Rezeph|strong="H7530"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5729"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Telassar|strong="H8515"\w*?  
\v 13 Where \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Arpad, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w*?’”   
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\v 14 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* said, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w enthroned|strong="H3427"\w* \w above|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w alone|strong="H6213"\w*, \w of|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* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Open|strong="H6491"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 17 Truly, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H2717"\w* \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lands|strong="H2717"\w*,  
\v 18 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* gods \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fire; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* gods, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w*’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* stone. \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* destroyed \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w beg|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w alone|strong="H3045"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, saying, “\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* ‘\w You|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 21 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* despised \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ridiculed \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shaken|strong="H5128"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w*? \w Against|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w*? \w Against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!  
\v 23 \w By|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3772"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* Lord, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w With|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* multitude \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5927"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w height|strong="H6967"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w innermost|strong="H3411"\w* \w parts|strong="H3411"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* cedars \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w choice|strong="H4005"\w* \w cypress|strong="H1265"\w* \w trees|strong="H1265"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w enter|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w farthest|strong="H7093"\w* \w lodging|strong="H4411"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w*, \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w fruitful|strong="H3759"\w* \w field|strong="H3759"\w*.  
\v 24 \w I|strong="H6471"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w dug|strong="H6979"\w* \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w I|strong="H6471"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w dry|strong="H2717"\w* \w up|strong="H2717"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H2975"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4693"\w* \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H6471"\w*.”  
\v 25 Haven’t \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H7350"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w*? \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w pass|strong="H1961"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* yours \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w lay|strong="H1961"\w* \w waste|strong="H7582"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w ruinous|strong="H5327"\w* \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* little \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* confounded. \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w green|strong="H3419"\w* \w herb|strong="H6212"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w grain|strong="H7054"\w* \w blasted|strong="H7711"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w grown|strong="H7054"\w* \w up|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 27 But \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w raging|strong="H7264"\w* \w against|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Because|strong="H3282"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w raging|strong="H7264"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w arrogance|strong="H7600"\w* \w has|strong="H7600"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* ears, therefore \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w hook|strong="H2397"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* nose, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w bridle|strong="H4964"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* which \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w*.’   
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\v 29 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* sign \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w*: \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* eat \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w grows|strong="H5599"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w itself|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* springs \w from|strong="H2232"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w*; \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* eat \w their|strong="H7114"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* \w that|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w downward|strong="H4295"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.  
\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*.   
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\v 32 “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, ‘\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H6923"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H6923"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w cast|strong="H8210"\w* \w up|strong="H8210"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mound \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w same|strong="H2063"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,’ \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 34 ‘\w For|strong="H4616"\w* \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 to|strong="H1732"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w it|strong="H2063"\w*, \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* own \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w sake|strong="H4616"\w*.’”   
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\v 35 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w eighty-five|strong="H8084"\w* thousand \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Assyrians. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w arose|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w*.  
\v 36 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*.  
\v 37 \w As|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 house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nisroch|strong="H5268"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* god, Adrammelech \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w into|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ararat. Esar Haddon \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\c 20  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w dying|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Set|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.’”   
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, saying,  
\v 3 “\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w beg|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w how|strong="H4994"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* truth \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.” \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1419"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Before|strong="H3808"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* part \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 5 “\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\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 Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* own \w sake|strong="H4616"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w sake|strong="H4616"\w*.”’”   
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\v 7 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cake|strong="H1690"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*.”  
\p \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boil|strong="H7822"\w*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w recovered|strong="H2421"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sign \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w me|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?”   
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\v 9 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sign \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*: \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w forward|strong="H1980"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*, \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*?”   
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\v 10 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w answered|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w light|strong="H7043"\w* \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* forward \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w let|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* backward \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* backward, \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* sundial \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ahaz.   
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\v 12 \w At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* Berodach \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w storehouse|strong="H5238"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w armor|strong="H3627"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* treasures. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w dominion|strong="H4474"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* didn’t \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* said \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H4428"\w* men say? \w From|strong="H7350"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?”  
\p \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* said, “\w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* country, even \w from|strong="H7350"\w* Babylon.”   
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\v 15 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?”  
\p \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w answered|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 17 ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* come \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* store \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon. \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w*,’ \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 ‘\w They|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w issue|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*, whom \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.’”   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.” \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w moreover|strong="H1696"\w*, “Isn’t \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w truth|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 21 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\c 21  
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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 reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w fifty-five|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H4519"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hephzibah|strong="H2657"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, after \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 \w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w which|strong="H1116"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3478"\w* destroyed; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* Asherah, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* Ahab \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire, \w practiced|strong="H6213"\w* sorcery, \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w enchantments|strong="H5172"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* familiar spirits \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* engraved \w image|strong="H6459"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asherah \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*;  
\v 8 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w wander|strong="H5110"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, if \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w according|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w seduced|strong="H8582"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 11 “\w Because|strong="H6440"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w* \w above|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorites \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*;  
\v 12 \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w such|strong="H3651"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w hears|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ears \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tingle|strong="H6750"\w*.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w line|strong="H6957"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* plumb \w line|strong="H6957"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w wipes|strong="H4229"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dish|strong="H6747"\w*, \w wiping|strong="H4229"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w turning|strong="H2015"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w upside|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5186"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* \w off|strong="H5203"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prey \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plunder|strong="H4933"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\v 15 \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w since|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* fathers \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.’”   
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\v 16 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w another|strong="H6310"\w*; \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w addition|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 18 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Amon \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 19 Amon \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Meshullemeth|strong="H4922"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haruz|strong="H2743"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotbah|strong="H3192"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w served|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*;  
\v 22 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* didn’t \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amon \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amon; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amon \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 26 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\c 22  
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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* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w thirty-one|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H2977"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jedidah|strong="H3040"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bozkath|strong="H1218"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Azaliah \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, saying,  
\v 4 “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w count|strong="H8552"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* gathered \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w damage|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 6 \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w buying|strong="H7069"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* cut stone \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 7 \w However|strong="H3588"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w accounting|strong="H2803"\w* \w shall|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* asked \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* faithfully.”   
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\v 8 \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Torah \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.” \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w emptied|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, saying, “\w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\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 had|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Torah, \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Ahikam \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, saying,  
\v 13 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Ahikam, \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Huldah|strong="H2468"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harhas|strong="H2745"\w*, \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* wardrobe (\w now|strong="H3212"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* quarter); \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H8104"\w*.  
\v 15 She said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘Tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*,  
\v 16 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7121"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w*, \w even|strong="H3541"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Because|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H5800"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* gods, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w me|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w therefore|strong="H4616"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w shall|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*.’”  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w Concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\v 19 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w tender|strong="H7401"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w*, \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*,’ \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 20 ‘\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* gather \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* gathered \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.’”’” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 23  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* gathered \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*—\w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w agreed|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Asherah, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* got \w rid|strong="H7673"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idolatrous|strong="H3649"\w* \w priests|strong="H3649"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w ordained|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w around|strong="H4524"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w planets|strong="H4208"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Asherah \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* beat \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w common|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H6945"\w* \w shrine|strong="H1004"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H6945"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* women wove \w hangings|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Asherah.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w brought|strong="H3548"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Beersheba; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*’s \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H8040"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Nevertheless|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* didn’t \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* brothers.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*, \w which|strong="H1323"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w might|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H2930"\w* \w his|strong="H2930"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H2930"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* fire \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* entrance \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Nathan Melech \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w court|strong="H1004"\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 of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* fire.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\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 upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w beat|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w corruption|strong="H4889"\w*, \w which|strong="H1116"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 14 He \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w in|strong="H7665"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*, \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* Asherah poles, \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w men|strong="H3772"\w*’s \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* beat \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Asherah.  
\v 16 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w himself|strong="H2930"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w monument|strong="H6725"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.”   
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\v 18 He said, “Let \w him|strong="H3240"\w* \w be|strong="H5030"\w*! Let \w no|strong="H3240"\w* \w one|strong="H4422"\w* \w move|strong="H5128"\w* \w his|strong="H4422"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.” So they let \w his|strong="H4422"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*, \w with|strong="H3240"\w* \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H5030"\w* \w out|strong="H4422"\w* \w of|strong="H5030"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 19 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w killed|strong="H2076"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3389"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*’s \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, saying, “\w Keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;  
\v 23 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w removed|strong="H1197"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* familiar spirits, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*,\f + \fr 23:24 \ft teraphim were household idols.\f* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 25 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w*, \w according|strong="H3644"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Torah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 26 Notwithstanding, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* didn’t \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w provocation|strong="H3708"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 27 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H3068"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said, ‘\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’”   
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\v 28 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 29 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* Necoh \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* Necoh \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 30 \w His|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w*. \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* land \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-three|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H3059"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \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 of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* Necoh \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* bonds \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* might \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tribute|strong="H6066"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w one|strong="H4427"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w*\f + \fr 23:33 \ft A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces\f* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* Necoh \w made|strong="H4427"\w* Eliakim \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*; \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w came|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 35 \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*; \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w taxed|strong="H6186"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w exacted|strong="H5065"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* everyone \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w assessment|strong="H6187"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* Necoh.  
\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* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \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 of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rumah|strong="H7316"\w*.  
\v 37 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\c 24  
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Kasdim, \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Syrians, \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* destroy \w it|strong="H1696"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\v 4 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w*; \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 6 So \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* didn’t \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* land \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. \w His|strong="H3078"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Nehushta|strong="H5179"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elnathan \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 10 \w At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w besieged|strong="H4692"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w besieging|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\v 12 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon—\w he|strong="H1931"\w*, \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother, \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w carried|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7112"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* thousand \w captives|strong="H1540"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w except|strong="H2108"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon, \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s mother, \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s wives, \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* chief men \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* land. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon.  
\v 16 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w might|strong="H2428"\w*, \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* thousand, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* thousand, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w fit|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w captive|strong="H1473"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* Babylon.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5437"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H5437"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-one|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H6667"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \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 of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \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.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w forts|strong="H1785"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w besieged|strong="H4692"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.  
\v 3 \w On|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* fourth \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* land.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w breach|strong="H1234"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* fled \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H2346"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* (\w now|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kasdim \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*); \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Chaldean \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w passed|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="H7819"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H6667"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w then|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H5786"\w* \w out|strong="H5786"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, bound \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w fetters|strong="H5178"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* carried \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="H7227"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w on|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w nineteenth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w came|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H8313"\w* fire.  
\v 10 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kasdim, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w deserted|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon—\w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* land \w to|strong="H7227"\w* work \w the|strong="H7604"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H7227"\w* fields.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* Kasdim \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3778"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3778"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|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 snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spoons|strong="H3709"\w*, \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w with|strong="H3627"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* fire pans, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w*, \w that|strong="H3701"\w* \w which|strong="H2091"\w* \w was|strong="H2091"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3701"\w* \w which|strong="H2091"\w* \w was|strong="H2091"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w weighed|strong="H4948"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w height|strong="H6967"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* cubits,\f + \fr 25:17 \ft A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.\f* \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w capital|strong="H3805"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w height|strong="H6967"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w capital|strong="H3805"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* cubits, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w* \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w capital|strong="H3805"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*; \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w like|strong="H5439"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w*;  
\v 19 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w set|strong="H6496"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w mustered|strong="H6633"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* land.   
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\v 22 \w As|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w governor|strong="H6485"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\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*, Yochanan \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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Maacathite|strong="H4602"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* said \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w because|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* Kasdim. \w Dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* land \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H3190"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elishama, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w royal|strong="H4410"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Kasdim \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H2320"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*.  
\v 26 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w came|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kasdim.  
\v 27 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w thirty-seventh|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w twenty-seventh|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, Evilmerodach \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w released|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w out|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 28 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon,  
\v 29 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w changed|strong="H8132"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* garments. \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8132"\w* ate \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*;  
\v 30 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* allowance, \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w continual|strong="H8548"\w* allowance \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w portion|strong="H1697"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.