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\s1 Adonijah Wants to Be King 
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\v 1 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* very \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H3680"\w* warm. \w His|strong="H1732"\w* servants \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* blankets, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* still cold. 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “We \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w find|strong="H1245"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w care|strong="H2436"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w She|strong="H7901"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* next \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w keep|strong="H2552"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.” 
\v 3 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* servants \w began|strong="H0935"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w keep|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* warm. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* named \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w*, \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* town \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Shunem, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 4 \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w*. \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w cared|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w served|strong="H8334"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w*. 
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\v 5-6 Adonijah was the son of King David and his wife Haggith. He was born after Absalom. Adonijah was a very handsome man. King David never corrected his son Adonijah, and he never made him explain his actions. Adonijah became very proud and decided that he would be the next king. He wanted very much to be the king, so he got himself a chariot, horses, and 50 men to run ahead of him. 
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\v 7 \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* talked \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*. \w They|strong="H0310"\w* decided \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* make \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* new king, 
\v 8 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* several important \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w join|strong="H5973"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, \w Rei|strong="H7472"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* King \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* special guard.\f + \fr 1:8  \fk Shimei, Rei … guard \ft Or “Shimei and his friends, the Heroes.”\f* 
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\v 9 \w One|strong="H0376"\w* day, \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zoheleth|strong="H2120"\w* \w Rock|strong="H0068"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* En Rogel,\f + \fr 1:9  \fk En Rogel \ft A spring of water in the valley south of Jerusalem, about 1/4 mile from Gihon Spring.\f* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fat \w calves|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* fellowship \w offering|strong="H2076"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* (\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w*) \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w in|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king’s special guard. 
\s1 \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* Advises Bathsheba 
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w Haggith’s|strong="H2294"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, \w is|strong="H1121"\w* doing? \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* making \w himself|strong="H3045"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\v 12 \w You|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* danger, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* what \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w save|strong="H4422"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* becoming \w the|strong="H0559"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?’ 
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* leave \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w show|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* true.” 
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*. \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* girl \w from|strong="H0935"\w* Shunem, \w was|strong="H4428"\w* caring \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* there. 
\v 16 \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* before \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?” 
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\v 17 Bathsheba \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="H0113"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w used|strong="H7650"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w name|strong="H0559"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*.’ 
\v 18 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* making \w himself|strong="H3045"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* giving \w a|strong="H7121"\w* big fellowship meal. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H6635"\w* killed \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7794"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H6635"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meal. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* faithful \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Now|strong="H0310"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* waiting \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* decide \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 21 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* don’t decide, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* buried, these \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* say \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w criminals|strong="H2400"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* Bathsheba \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\v 23 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* servants \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*.” \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* 
\v 24 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, did \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w announce|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H0113"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*? \w Have|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w now|strong="H0310"\w*? 
\v 25 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valley \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w cattle|strong="H7794"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Long|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*!’ 
\v 26 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. 
\v 27 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w do|strong="H0518"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* telling \w us|strong="H5921"\w*? Please \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*?” 
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* saved \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w danger|strong="H6869"\w*. \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* make \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 30 \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* past. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w power|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H7650"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*!” 
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H0639"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Long|strong="H5769"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*!” 
\s1 Solomon \w Is|strong="H0776"\w* Anointed \w King|strong="H4428"\w* 
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* here.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* three \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 33 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Put|strong="H7392"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w* Spring.\f + \fr 1:33  \fk Gihon Spring \ft A spring of water just outside the city walls in the valley east of Jerusalem. It was the main source of water for the city of Jerusalem.\f* 
\v 34 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w announce|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘This \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*!’ 
\v 35 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. Solomon \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*. \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.” 
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\v 36 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*! \w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* himself \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 37 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w grow|strong="H1431"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H3651"\w* \w more|strong="H3651"\w* powerful \w than|strong="H4428"\w* yours, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.” 
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\v 38 \w So|strong="H3381"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* officers obeyed \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7392"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w* Spring. 
\v 39 \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Holy \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w poured|strong="H4886"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* head \w to|strong="H0559"\w* show \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shouted, “Long \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*!” 
\v 40 \w Then|strong="H0310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* Solomon \w back|strong="H0310"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w They|strong="H0310"\w* \w were|strong="H0776"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* excited. \w They|strong="H0310"\w* \w were|strong="H0776"\w* \w playing|strong="H2490"\w* \w flutes|strong="H2485"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w making|strong="H3605"\w* \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w shook|strong="H1234"\w*. 
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\v 41 Meanwhile, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* finishing \w their|strong="H3605"\w* meal. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w*? \w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* happening \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*?” 
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\v 42 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w* \w was|strong="H0376"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w*. \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*! \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*,\f + \fr 1:42  \fk good man \ft Or “important man.” This Hebrew word means a person from an important family.\f* \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w*.” 
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\v 43 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H0061"\w*, it \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* good \w news|strong="H0559"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w*! \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* made \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 44 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* officers \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Gihon Spring. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*. 
\v 45 \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* Solomon \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w* \w Spring|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w followed|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H8085"\w* everyone \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* celebrating. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*. 
\v 46-47 Solomon is sitting on the king’s throne and the king’s officers are congratulating King David, saying, ‘King David, you are a great king!’ And now we pray that your God will make Solomon a great king too. We pray your God will make him even more famous than you. And we pray that his kingdom will be even greater than yours is! Even King David was there. From his bed, the king bowed before Solomon 
\v 48 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* sons \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’” 
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\v 49 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Adonijah’s|strong="H0138"\w* \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w left|strong="H6965"\w* very quickly. 
\v 50 \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w was|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w so|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w held|strong="H2388"\w* onto \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. 
\v 51 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, “\w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. \w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Tent \w holding|strong="H0270"\w* onto \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H0559"\w* leave. \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*.’” 
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\v 52 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* Adonijah shows \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* good \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w promise|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w head|strong="H5307"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* hurt. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
\v 53 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* some \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H0935"\w* Adonijah \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w approached|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*.” 
\c 2  
\s1 King David Dies 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H7126"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w so|strong="H4191"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w these|strong="H4191"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, 
\v 2 “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w die|strong="H1980"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w must|strong="H0776"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w growing|strong="H1980"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w becoming|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. 
\v 3 Now, \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*, \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* agreements. \w Obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w successful|strong="H7919"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* go. 
\v 4 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8104"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, sincerely, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* always \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* family.’” 
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\v 5 David \w also|strong="H1571"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* remember \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w*. Remember, \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* during \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* spilled \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* splattered onto \w his|strong="H5414"\w* sword belt \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* boots. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* punished \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 6 Use \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w* die \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w old|strong="H7872"\w* \w age|strong="H7872"\w*. 
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\v 7 “\w Also|strong="H6213"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Gilead. \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* friends \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* helped \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. 
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\v 8 “\w And|strong="H1121"\w* remember, \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* around. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* ran \w away|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River, \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w leave|strong="H5352"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* die peacefully \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w old|strong="H7872"\w* \w age|strong="H7872"\w*.” 
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* died \w and|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 11 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* 33 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\s1 Solomon \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Adonijah 
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\v 12 Now \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* complete control \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* day \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w*, \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w*. \w She|strong="H0517"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?” 
\p \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w this|strong="H0935"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* \w visit|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p Bathsheba \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.” 
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\v 15 Adonijah \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* mine. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* wanted \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* chose \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. 
\v 16 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w thing|strong="H0259"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Please|strong="H0595"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w refuse|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p Bathsheba \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H0408"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* want?” 
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\v 17 Adonijah \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H0802"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Shunem.” 
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Very \w well|strong="H2896"\w*, \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* saw \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H8010"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* some servants \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* another \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w she|strong="H0517"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*. 
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\v 20 Bathsheba \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w thing|strong="H0259"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Please|strong="H0595"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w refuse|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want, \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
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\v 21 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* Bathsheba \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w marry|strong="H0802"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w from|strong="H0802"\w* Shunem.” 
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\v 22 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w asking|strong="H7592"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H6030"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* don’t \w you|strong="H0859"\w* just \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* whole \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*! \w After|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w older|strong="H1419"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w both|strong="H4480"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* support \w him|strong="H0853"\w*!” 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* I’ll \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* pay \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*! 
\v 24 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Israel. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* kingdom \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w swear|strong="H3588"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*!” 
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\v 25 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w command|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* went \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* Adonijah. 
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* go back \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* helped \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Holy Box \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* marching \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* shared \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w times|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.” 
\v 27 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 2:27  \fk This … family \ft See 1 Sam. 2:27-36.\f* 
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\v 28 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w supported|strong="H0310"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H8052"\w* \w happened|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Abiathar, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* frightened \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w onto|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. 
\v 29 Someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w ordered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H6293"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*!’” 
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*.” 
\p \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*. 
\v 31 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* Benaiah, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*! \w Kill|strong="H6293"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H0001"\w* \w free|strong="H2600"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w guilt|strong="H1818"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w killing|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H2600"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 32 Joab \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H0834"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* now \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish Joab \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w*. 
\v 33 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H5769"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* guilty \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* deaths. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* kings, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* kingdom \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” 
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\v 34 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* Joab, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* near \w his|strong="H4191"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. 
\v 35 Solomon \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Joab’s \w place|strong="H8478"\w*. Solomon \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new high \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Abiathar’s|strong="H0054"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*. 
\v 36 \w Next|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Build|strong="H1129"\w* \w yourself|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* city. 
\v 37 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* further \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Brook|strong="H5158"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* fault.” 
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\v 38 \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3651"\w*, \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H1696"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 39 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Shimei’s \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*. \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w heard|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, 
\v 40 \w so|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* King \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w find|strong="H1245"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* found \w them|strong="H0413"\w* there \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* home. 
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\v 41 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 42 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H0559"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w* Jerusalem. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w warned|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w anywhere|strong="H0575"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 43 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* break \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? 
\v 44 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w Now|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 45 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* keep \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” 
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\v 46 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* Shimei, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8010"\w* did. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* \w full|strong="H3559"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*. 
\c 3  
\s1 Solomon Asks for Wisdom 
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\v 1 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* peace treaty \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w by|strong="H3068"\w* marrying \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* finished, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* making animal \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* altars \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* showed \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* obeying everything \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* told \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* do, \w except|strong="H7535"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* go \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w most|strong="H4428"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. 
\v 5 While \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
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\v 6 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* kind \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* good, \w honest|strong="H2617"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w showed|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w*. 
\v 7 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wisdom \w I|strong="H0595"\w* need \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w*. 
\v 8 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* here \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w There|strong="H7230"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w counted|strong="H5608"\w*. 
\v 9 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w rule|strong="H8199"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* know \w the|strong="H0853"\w* difference \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w right|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*. Without \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H3820"\w*, \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* impossible \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w rule|strong="H8199"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w*.” 
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H0136"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w happy|strong="H3190"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* wisdom. 
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w death|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wisdom \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w make|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w*. 
\v 12 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w intelligent|strong="H0995"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2450"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* ever \w lived|strong="H0310"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* ever \w will|strong="H1961"\w* live. 
\v 13 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world \w as|strong="H0834"\w* great \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 14 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
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\v 15 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w woke|strong="H3364"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* knew \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0136"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* \w spoken|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* LORD’S \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* party \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\s1 Proof \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* Wisdom 
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\v 16 \w One|strong="H0802"\w* day \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2185"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 17 \w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="H0113"\w*, \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w same|strong="H0259"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w We|strong="H0589"\w* \w were|strong="H0802"\w* both pregnant \w and|strong="H1004"\w* ready \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w our|strong="H5973"\w* \w babies|strong="H0802"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w my|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w while|strong="H5973"\w* \w she|strong="H5973"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0589"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Three|strong="H7992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H0802"\w* baby. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* else \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*, \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 19 \w One|strong="H0802"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w while|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* asleep \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 20 \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* while \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w asleep|strong="H3463"\w*, \w she|strong="H7901"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H6965"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w she|strong="H7901"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w*. 
\v 21 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* woke \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* feed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w looked|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* closely, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* yours, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* mine!” 
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w first|strong="H6440"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* wrong! \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* yours! \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* mine.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w two|strong="H3808"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* argued \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Each|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w*.” 
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w sent|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* servant \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. 
\v 25 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* servant, “\w Cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* baby \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* baby \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* woman.” 
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\v 26 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* second \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* first \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* real mother, loved \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “Please, \w sir|strong="H0113"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w*! \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="H3808"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* baby. \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* woman. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* real \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.” 
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\v 28 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* respected \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w decision|strong="H4941"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*\f + \fr 3:28  \fk the wisdom of God \ft Or “very great wisdom.”\f* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w*. 
\c 4  
\s1 Solomon’s Kingdom 
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\v 1 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 2 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* names \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w leading|strong="H8269"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*: 
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\li1 \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; 
\li1
\v 3 \w Elihoreph|strong="H0456"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shisha|strong="H7894"\w*, \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* job \w of|strong="H1121"\w* writing notes \w about|strong="H5608"\w* what happened \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* courts; 
\li1 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* wrote notes \w about|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* history \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*; 
\li1
\v 4 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* commander \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*; 
\li1 \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; 
\li1
\v 5 \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H5324"\w* governors; 
\li1 \w Zabud|strong="H2071"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H5921"\w* advisor \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon; 
\li1
\v 6 \w Ahishar|strong="H0301"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* responsible \w for|strong="H5921"\w* everything \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*; 
\li1 \w Adoniram|strong="H0141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abda|strong="H5653"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* divided \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* districts. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* chose governors \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w district|strong="H5324"\w*. \w These|strong="H3605"\w* governors \w were|strong="H1961"\w* ordered \w to|strong="H1961"\w* gather \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* districts \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* governors \w was|strong="H1961"\w* responsible \w for|strong="H5921"\w* giving \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\v 8 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* twelve governors: 
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\li1 Ben Hur \w was|strong="H8034"\w* governor \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. 
\li1
\v 9 Ben Deker was governor of \w Makaz|strong="H4739"\w*, \w Shaalbim|strong="H8169"\w*, Beth Shemesh, \w and|strong="H1053"\w* Elon Bethhanan. 
\li1
\v 10 Ben Hesed \w was|strong="H0776"\w* governor \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Arubboth|strong="H0700"\w*, \w Socoh|strong="H7755"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*. 
\li1
\v 11 Ben Abinadab \w was|strong="H1961"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Naphoth \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w married|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Taphath|strong="H2955"\w*, \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. 
\li1
\v 12 \w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Shean next \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Zarethan|strong="H6891"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Shean \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Abel Meholah \w across|strong="H5676"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jokmeam|strong="H3361"\w*. 
\li1
\v 13 Ben Geber \w was|strong="H0834"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* villages \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0834"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* district \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Argob \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*. \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* area \w there|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* 60 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H1280"\w* big \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* around \w them|strong="H1121"\w*. \w These|strong="H0834"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* on \w the|strong="H0834"\w* gates. 
\li1
\v 14 \w Ahinadab|strong="H0292"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*. 
\li1
\v 15 \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H0802"\w* \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. 
\li1
\v 16 \w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Aloth. 
\li1
\v 17 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paruah|strong="H6515"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*. 
\li1
\v 18 \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ela|strong="H0414"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. 
\li1
\v 19 \w Geber|strong="H1398"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H0834"\w* two \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon appointed \w only|strong="H0259"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* governor \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* district. 
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\v 20 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. 
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\v 21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines. His kingdom went as far as the border of Egypt. These countries sent gifts to Solomon, and they obeyed him all of his life.\f + \fr 4:21  \fk sent gifts … life \ft This showed that these countries had made peace agreements with Solomon because of his great power.\f* 
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\v 22-23 This is the amount of food that Solomon needed each day for himself and for everyone who ate at his table: 150 bushels\f + \fr 4:22-23  \fk 150 bushels \ft Literally, “30 \+tl cors\+tl*” (6600 l).\f* of fine flour, 300 bushels\f + \fr 4:22-23  \fk 300 bushels \ft Literally, “60 \+tl cors\+tl*” (13,200 l).\f* of flour, 10 cattle that were fed grain, 20 cattle that were raised in the fields, 100 sheep, wild animals such as deer, gazelles, roebucks,\f + \fr 4:22-23  \fk deer, gazelles, roebucks \ft Different kinds of wild deer.\f* and game birds. 
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\v 24 Solomon ruled over all the countries west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And Solomon had peace along all the borders of his kingdom. 
\v 25 During Solomon’s life everyone in Judah and Israel, all the way from Dan to Beersheba, lived in peace and security. The people were at peace sitting under their own fig trees and grapevines. 
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\v 26 Solomon had places to keep 4000\f + \fr 4:26  \fk 4000 \ft This is found in some copies of the ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has 40,000, but see 2 Chronicles 9:25.\f* horses for his chariots and he had 12,000 horse soldiers. 
\v 27 And each month one of the twelve district governors gave King Solomon everything he needed for all the people who ate at the king’s table. 
\v 28 The district governors also gave the king enough straw and barley for the chariot horses and the riding horses. Everyone brought this grain to the necessary places. 
\s1 Solomon’s Wisdom 
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\v 29 God made Solomon very wise. Solomon could understand more than you can imagine. 
\v 30 He was wiser than anyone in the East\f + \fr 4:30  \fk East \ft The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as far east as the Persian Gulf.\f* or in Egypt. 
\v 31 He was wiser than anyone on earth, even Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. King Solomon became famous in all the surrounding countries. 
\v 32 By the end of his life, he had written\f + \fr 4:32  \fk written \ft Literally, “spoken.”\f* 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs. 
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\v 33 Solomon also knew very much about nature. He taught about many different kinds of plants—everything from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the little vines that grow out of the walls. He also taught about animals, birds, and snakes.\f + \fr 4:33  \fk snakes \ft Literally, “creeping things.” These can be anything: insects, lizards, snakes, or fish.\f* 
\v 34 People from every nation came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom. Kings all over the world sent their people to listen to him. 
\c 5  
\s1 Solomon and Hiram 
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\v 1 Hiram \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w of|strong="H0776"\w* Tyre. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* David’s friend. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Hiram heard \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new king \w after|strong="H4480"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* sent \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. 
\v 2 \w This|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* what \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* King Hiram: 
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\pi1
\v 3 “You remember that my father, King David, \w had|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H0905"\w* fight many wars all around him. So \w he|strong="H1241"\w* \w was|strong="H6629"\w* never able \w to|strong="H0905"\w* build a temple \w to|strong="H0905"\w* honor \w the|strong="H0905"\w* LORD his God. King David \w was|strong="H6629"\w* waiting until \w the|strong="H0905"\w* LORD allowed him \w to|strong="H0905"\w* defeat all his enemies. 
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* LORD \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God \w has|strong="H1961"\w* given \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* borders \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* country. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* enemies, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* danger. 
\pi1
\v 5 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* LORD \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H5704"\w* promise \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father \w David|strong="H3117"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* said, ‘\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* make \w your|strong="H3605"\w* son king \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* build \w a|strong="H5704"\w* temple \w to|strong="H5704"\w* honor \w me|strong="H8478"\w*.’ \w Now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* plan \w to|strong="H5704"\w* build \w that|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w to|strong="H5704"\w* honor \w the|strong="H3605"\w* LORD \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God. 
\v 6 \w And|strong="H0505"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H8147"\w* ask \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* help \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. Send \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Lebanon \w to|strong="H1961"\w* cut down cedar trees \w for|strong="H8010"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. \w My|strong="H1961"\w* servants \w will|strong="H1961"\w* work \w with|strong="H8147"\w* yours. \w I|strong="H8147"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* pay \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* price \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* decide \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* servants’ wages, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H8147"\w* need \w your|strong="H1961"\w* help. \w Our|strong="H1961"\w* carpenters\f + \fr 5:6  \fk carpenters \ft People who work with wood. In ancient times, this also meant that they cut the trees.\f* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* good \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* carpenters \w of|strong="H0505"\w* Sidon.” 
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\v 7 Hiram \w was|strong="H0376"\w* very happy \w when|strong="H0376"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* heard \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w asked|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* praise \w the|strong="H3605"\w* LORD today \w for|strong="H0413"\w* giving David \w a|strong="H3808"\w* wise son \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w rule|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* great nation!” 
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Hiram sent \w this|strong="H0834"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Solomon: 
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\pi1 “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* heard \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* cedar trees \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* fir trees \w you|strong="H0834"\w* want. 
\v 9 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* servants \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Lebanon \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* tie \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* float \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w shore|strong="H8193"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* choose. \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* separate \w the|strong="H0834"\w* logs, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H0834"\w*. \w As|strong="H0834"\w* payment \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* food \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3966"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* live \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* palace.” 
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\v 10 So Hiram gave \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cedar \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fir logs \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H8010"\w* wanted. 
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\v 11 Solomon \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* Hiram \w about|strong="H1961"\w* 120,000 bushels\f + \fr 5:11  \fk 120,000 bushels \ft Literally, “20,000 \+tl cors\+tl*” (4,400,000 l).\f* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* wheat \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* 120,000 gallons\f + \fr 5:11  \fk 120,000 gallons \ft Literally, “20,000 baths” (440,000 l).\f* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* pure olive oil \w every|strong="H3605"\w* year \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family. 
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* LORD \w made|strong="H1696"\w* Solomon wise \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. Hiram \w and|strong="H1696"\w* Solomon \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* treaty between \w themselves|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* peace \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* another. 
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\v 13 \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Solomon forced 30,000 men \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Israel \w to|strong="H5704"\w* help \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* work. 
\v 14 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* chose \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* named Adoniram \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* charge \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* divided \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* three groups \w with|strong="H0935"\w* 10,000 \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* group. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* group worked \w one|strong="H3605"\w* month \w in|strong="H0935"\w* Lebanon \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* two months. 
\v 15 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* forced 80,000 \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* work \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hill country cutting stone. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* 70,000 \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* carry \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stones. 
\v 16 There were 3300 \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* supervise \w the|strong="H0559"\w* workers. 
\v 17 King Solomon commanded \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* cut \w large|strong="H1004"\w*, expensive stones \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* foundation \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* Solomon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Hiram’s builders \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* men \w from|strong="H3068"\w* Byblos\f + \fr 5:18  \fk Byblos \ft Literally, “Gebal.”\f* carved \w the|strong="H3068"\w* stones \w and|strong="H3068"\w* prepared \w them|strong="H5117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* logs \w for|strong="H3068"\w* use \w in|strong="H0430"\w* building \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Temple. 
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\s1 Solomon Builds the Temple 
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ziv|strong="H2099"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* work \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 480 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.\f + \fr 6:1  \fk 480 years … Egypt \ft This was about 960 B.C.\f* 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* 60 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:2  \fk 60 cubits \ft 102' 3/8” (31.1 m).\f* \w long|strong="H0753"\w*, 20 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:2  \fk 20 cubits \ft 34' 1/8” (10.37 m). Also in verses 16, 20.\f* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* 30 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:2  \fk 30 cubits \ft 51' 3/16” (15.55 m). The ancient Greek version has “25 cubits.”\f* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 20 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w long|strong="H0753"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* 10 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:3  \fk 10 cubits \ft 17' 1/16” (5.18 m). Also in verses 23, 24-26.\f* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* ran \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* main \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* itself. \w Its|strong="H5921"\w* \w length|strong="H0753"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* equal \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w width|strong="H7341"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 4 There \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w narrow|strong="H0331"\w* \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. These \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* smaller \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* wall than \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* outside.\f + \fr 6:4  \fk These windows … outside \ft Or “These windows had lattice work over them.”\f* 
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Solomon \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* row \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* main \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w This|strong="H6213"\w* row \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* three \w stories|strong="H6763"\w* tall \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w one|strong="H6763"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* other. 
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* touched \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* beams \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* built \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* became thinner \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* top, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* upper floors \w were|strong="H1004"\w* larger \w than|strong="H1115"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ones|strong="H8484"\w* below \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* bottom \w floor|strong="H8484"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* 5 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:6  \fk 5 cubits \ft 8' 6” (2.6 m). Also in verses 10, 24-26.\f* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w floor|strong="H8484"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* 6 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:6  \fk 6 cubits \ft 10' 2 7/16” (3.11 m).\f* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* above \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* 7 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:6  \fk 7 cubits \ft 11' 10 13/16” (3.63 m).\f* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*. 
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w were|strong="H0068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* finished \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H0068"\w* brought \w into|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* area, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* noise \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w hammers|strong="H4717"\w*, axes, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* tools \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* these \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* bottom \w floor|strong="H8484"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w south|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w stairs|strong="H3883"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w second|strong="H8484"\w* \w floor|strong="H8484"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w floor|strong="H8484"\w*. 
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\v 9 Solomon \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* main part \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* \w it|strong="H1129"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* cedar boards. 
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* finished \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* story \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 5 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w tall|strong="H6967"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* rested \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* ledge \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* wall. 
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, 
\v 12 “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 13 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* this Temple \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* building, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H3615"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* stonework \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*, 
\v 15 \w the|strong="H0853"\w* stone \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w boards|strong="H6763"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w ceiling|strong="H7023"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* stone \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1004"\w* pine \w boards|strong="H6763"\w*. 
\v 16 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w inner|strong="H1687"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* 20 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w part|strong="H3411"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w This|strong="H6944"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* called \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Most|strong="H6944"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* covered \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H6944"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w boards|strong="H6763"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w ceiling|strong="H7023"\w*. 
\v 17 \w In|strong="H1004"\w* front \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Most Holy \w Place|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* main \w part|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 40 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 6:17  \fk 40 cubits \ft 68' 1/4” (20.73 m).\f* long. 
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* covered \w the|strong="H3605"\w* walls \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* boards—\w none|strong="H0369"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* walls could \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w carved|strong="H4734"\w* pictures \w of|strong="H1004"\w* flowers \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6497"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*. 
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\v 19 Solomon finished \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inner|strong="H1687"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w part|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* 
\v 20 This room \w was|strong="H6440"\w* 20 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w long|strong="H0753"\w*, 20 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* 20 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. Solomon covered this room \w with|strong="H6823"\w* \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w He|strong="H1687"\w* also covered \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w with|strong="H6823"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
\v 21 \w He|strong="H8010"\w* covered \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* wrapped \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w chains|strong="H7572"\w* \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* front \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Most Holy \w Place|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* statues \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels \w with|strong="H8147"\w* \w wings|strong="H8147"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* statues \w from|strong="H0520"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* put \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H0520"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Most Holy Place. \w Each|strong="H8147"\w* angel \w was|strong="H6967"\w* 10 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w tall|strong="H6967"\w*. 
\v 24-26 Both Cherub angels were the same size and built the same way. Each one had two wings. Each wing was 5 cubits long. From the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was 10 cubits. And each Cherub angel was 10 cubits tall. 
\v 27 They \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels \w beside|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Most Holy \w Place|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5414"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w two|strong="H8145"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w side|strong="H7023"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*. 
\v 28 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* two \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels \w were|strong="H3742"\w* covered \w with|strong="H6823"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* \w around|strong="H4524"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* main \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w were|strong="H3742"\w* \w carved|strong="H6603"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* pictures \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels, \w palm|strong="H8561"\w* \w trees|strong="H8561"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* flowers. 
\v 30 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* both \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* two \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w from|strong="H6086"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* put these \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w at|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Most Holy Place. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* frame around \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w was|strong="H6086"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6086"\w* five sides.\f + \fr 6:31  \fk The frame … sides \ft This probably means there were three sections that formed an arch at the top of the door.\f* 
\v 32 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* workers \w carved|strong="H4734"\w* pictures \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels, \w palm|strong="H8561"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* flowers \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* covered \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
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\v 33 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* \w for|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* main room. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H6086"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3651"\w* \w square|strong="H7243"\w* doorframe. 
\v 34 There \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w from|strong="H6086"\w* pine. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w had|strong="H0259"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* parts that folded \w together|strong="H0259"\w*. 
\v 35 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w carved|strong="H2707"\w* pictures \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels, \w palm|strong="H8561"\w* \w trees|strong="H8561"\w*, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* flowers \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* doors. Then \w they|strong="H5921"\w* covered \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
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\v 36 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* wall around \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* yard. Each wall was \w made|strong="H1129"\w* \w from|strong="H0730"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H2905"\w* \w cut|strong="H1496"\w* \w stones|strong="H1496"\w* \w and|strong="H0853"\w* one \w row|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H2905"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* timbers. 
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\v 37 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* started working \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ziv|strong="H2099"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* second \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* during Solomon’s \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Israel. 
\v 38 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Bul|strong="H0945"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Solomon’s \w eleventh|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* king. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* took \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w exactly|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* planned. 
\c 7  
\s1 Solomon’s Palace 
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\v 1 King \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* himself. \w It|strong="H1129"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* 13 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 2 \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* called \w the|strong="H0853"\w* “\w Forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.” \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 100 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:2  \fk 100 cubits \ft 170' 5/8” (51.83 m).\f* \w long|strong="H0753"\w*, 50 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:2  \fk 50 cubits \ft 85' 5/16” (25.92 m). Also in verse 6.\f* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 30 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:2  \fk 30 cubits \ft 51' 3/16” (15.55 m). Also in verses 6, 23.\f* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H0853"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*. \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w each|strong="H0702"\w* \w column|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* capital. 
\v 3 \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* beams going \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*. \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* 15 beams \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H6763"\w* section \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*, making \w a|strong="H0834"\w* total \w of|strong="H5921"\w* 45 beams. \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H0834"\w* beams \w there|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w boards|strong="H6763"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* ceiling. 
\v 4 There \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H2905"\w* windows across \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w each|strong="H6471"\w* \w other|strong="H6471"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* side walls. 
\v 5 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* end. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w openings|strong="H6607"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w frames|strong="H8260"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w square|strong="H7251"\w*. 
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\v 6 Solomon \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Columns|strong="H5982"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5982"\w* 50 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w long|strong="H0753"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* 30 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*. \w Along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*, there \w was|strong="H5982"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* covering supported \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w room|strong="H0197"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H8033"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w Hall|strong="H0197"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w room|strong="H0197"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* \w with|strong="H8033"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* ceiling. 
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\v 8 Behind \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Judgment|strong="H0834"\w* \w Hall|strong="H0197"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* around \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* looked \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Judgment|strong="H0834"\w* \w Hall|strong="H0197"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* kind \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* wife, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Egypt. 
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\v 9 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w buildings|strong="H1004"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* expensive blocks \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w cut|strong="H1496"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* right \w size|strong="H4060"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H5704"\w* saw \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* smoothed \w on|strong="H1004"\w* front \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* expensive \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w went|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foundation|strong="H4527"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* top layer \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall. \w Even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall around \w the|strong="H3605"\w* yard \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* expensive blocks \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3245"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* \w were|strong="H0068"\w* \w made|strong="H3245"\w* \w with|strong="H0068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w*, expensive \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. Some \w of|strong="H0068"\w* \w the|strong="H3245"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w were|strong="H0068"\w* 10 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:10  \fk 10 cubits \ft 17' 1/16” (5.18 m). Also in verse 23.\f* long \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H3245"\w* others \w were|strong="H0068"\w* 8 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:10  \fk 8 cubits \ft 13' 7 1/4” (4.2 m).\f* long. 
\v 11 \w On|strong="H0068"\w* \w top|strong="H4605"\w* \w of|strong="H0068"\w* these \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w there|strong="H4060"\w* \w were|strong="H4605"\w* other expensive \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w and|strong="H0068"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* beams. 
\v 12 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* yard \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* yard \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* walls \w were|strong="H7969"\w* built \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w stone|strong="H1496"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w row|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* timbers. 
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\v 13 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* man named Huram\f + \fr 7:13  \fk Huram \ft Or “Hiram.” Also in verses 15, 23, 27, 37, 38, 40-45.\f* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* lived \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Jerusalem. 
\v 14 Huram’s mother \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* Israelite \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* dead \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6876"\w*. Huram \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* very skilled \w and|strong="H1121"\w* experienced builder. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w asked|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Huram accepted. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* charge \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Huram \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w given|strong="H4390"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. 
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\v 15 Huram \w made|strong="H5437"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w* \w for|strong="H0259"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* porch. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* \w column|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* 18 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:15  \fk 18 cubits \ft 30' 7 5/16” (9.33 m).\f* \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* \w and|strong="H5437"\w* 12 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:15  \fk 12 cubits \ft 20' 4 7/8” (6.22 m).\f* \w around|strong="H5437"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w* \w were|strong="H8147"\w* hollow \w and|strong="H5437"\w* \w their|strong="H5437"\w* metal walls \w were|strong="H8147"\w* 3 inches\f + \fr 7:15  \fk 3 inches \ft Literally, “1 handbreadth” (7.4 cm). Also in verse 26.\f* thick.\f + \fr 7:15  \fk The columns … 3 inches thick \ft This is from the ancient Greek version.\f* 
\v 16 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H7218"\w* 5 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:16  \fk 5 cubits \ft 8' 6” (2.6 m). Also in verses 19, 23.\f* \w tall|strong="H6967"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* these \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*. 
\v 17 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w two|strong="H8145"\w* \w nets|strong="H7639"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* chain \w to|strong="H5921"\w* cover \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w two|strong="H8145"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* bronze \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* put \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bronze \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w nets|strong="H7639"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w column|strong="H5982"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*. 
\v 19 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w shaped|strong="H4639"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* flowers. 
\v 20 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*, \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* bowl-shaped net. \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* 200 \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w capitals|strong="H3805"\w*. 
\v 21 Huram put these two bronze \w columns|strong="H5982"\w* \w at|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1964"\w*. \w One|strong="H8034"\w* \w column|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* put \w on|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w south|strong="H3233"\w* side \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* entrance \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* put \w on|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* north side \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w column|strong="H5982"\w* \w on|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w south|strong="H3233"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jakin|strong="H3199"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w column|strong="H5982"\w* \w on|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* north \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*. 
\v 22 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* put \w the|strong="H5921"\w* flower-shaped capitals \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* two \w columns|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Huram melted bronze \w and|strong="H3220"\w* poured \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w a|strong="H5704"\w* huge mold \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H5704"\w* tank,\f + \fr 7:23  \fk tank \ft A very large container for water.\f* which \w was|strong="H3220"\w* called “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.” \w The|strong="H0853"\w* tank \w was|strong="H3220"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* 30 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w*. \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* 10 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* across \w and|strong="H3220"\w* 5 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w deep|strong="H6967"\w*. 
\v 24 \w There|strong="H8478"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* \w a|strong="H8478"\w* \w rim|strong="H8193"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* outer \w edge|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tank. \w Under|strong="H8478"\w* this \w rim|strong="H8193"\w* \w there|strong="H8478"\w* \w were|strong="H8193"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* bronze \w gourds|strong="H6497"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tank. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* bronze \w gourds|strong="H6497"\w* \w were|strong="H8193"\w* \w made|strong="H5437"\w* \w in|strong="H0520"\w* \w one|strong="H8147"\w* piece \w as|strong="H8478"\w* part \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tank. 
\v 25 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* tank rested \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w backs|strong="H0268"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* 12 bronze \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* 12 \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* looking \w out|strong="H5921"\w*, \w away|strong="H6437"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tank. \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* looking \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*. 
\v 26 \w The|strong="H3557"\w* sides \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H3557"\w* tank \w were|strong="H8193"\w* 3 inches \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*. \w The|strong="H3557"\w* \w rim|strong="H8193"\w* around \w the|strong="H3557"\w* tank \w was|strong="H8193"\w* \w like|strong="H7799"\w* \w the|strong="H3557"\w* \w rim|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* a \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w or|strong="H8193"\w* \w like|strong="H7799"\w* \w the|strong="H3557"\w* petals \w on|strong="H4639"\w* a \w flower|strong="H6525"\w*. \w The|strong="H3557"\w* tank \w held|strong="H3557"\w* about 11,000 \w gallons|strong="H1324"\w*\f + \fr 7:26  \fk 11,000 gallons \ft Literally, “2000 baths” (44,000 l).\f* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* water. 
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Huram \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* carts. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* cart \w was|strong="H0259"\w* 4 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:27  \fk 4 cubits \ft 6' 9 5/8” (2.1 m). Also in verse 38.\f* \w long|strong="H0753"\w*, 4 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* 3 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:27  \fk 3 cubits \ft 5' 1 3/16” (1.55 m).\f* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. 
\v 28 \w The|strong="H0996"\w* carts \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w with|strong="H2088"\w* square panels set \w in|strong="H2088"\w* \w frames|strong="H7948"\w*. 
\v 29 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* panels \w and|strong="H1241"\w* \w frames|strong="H7948"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* bronze \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*, \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, \w and|strong="H1241"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels. \w There|strong="H8478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* designs \w of|strong="H5921"\w* flowers hammered \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* bronze \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1241"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H1241"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*. 
\v 30 \w Each|strong="H0376"\w* cart \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w axles|strong="H5633"\w*. \w At|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* corners \w there|strong="H8478"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w supports|strong="H3802"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* large bowl. \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w supports|strong="H3802"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* designs \w of|strong="H0376"\w* flowers hammered \w into|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*. 
\v 31 There \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w frame|strong="H4526"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4605"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w an|strong="H1571"\w* \w opening|strong="H6310"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bowl. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w frame|strong="H4526"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 1 \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:31  \fk 1 cubit \ft 20 3/8” (51.83 cm).\f* tall, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w opening|strong="H6310"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 1 1/2 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*\f + \fr 7:31  \fk 1 1/2 cubits \ft 30 5/8” (77.75 cm).\f* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* diameter. There \w were|strong="H1571"\w* designs \w carved|strong="H4734"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bronze \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w frame|strong="H4526"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w frame|strong="H4526"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w square|strong="H7251"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w round|strong="H5696"\w*. 
\v 32 \w There|strong="H8478"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w frame|strong="H4526"\w*. \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* 1 1/2 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w in|strong="H0520"\w* diameter. \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w axles|strong="H3027"\w* between \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* made \w as|strong="H8478"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* piece \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* cart. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w were|strong="H0212"\w* \w like|strong="H4818"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*. \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w axles|strong="H3027"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rims|strong="H1354"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spokes|strong="H2839"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hubs|strong="H2840"\w* \w were|strong="H0212"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* bronze. 
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\v 34 There \w were|strong="H0702"\w* \w supports|strong="H3802"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* carts. They \w were|strong="H0702"\w* made \w as|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* piece \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* cart. 
\v 35 There \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* strip \w of|strong="H3027"\w* bronze \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H5439"\w* cart. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* made \w as|strong="H2677"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* piece \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cart. 
\v 36 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sides|strong="H5439"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cart \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w frames|strong="H4526"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* pictures \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels, \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w palm|strong="H8561"\w* \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* carved \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bronze. These pictures \w were|strong="H0376"\w* carved \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* carts—wherever there \w was|strong="H0376"\w* room. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* there \w were|strong="H0376"\w* flowers carved \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w frame|strong="H4526"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cart. 
\v 37 Huram \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* carts, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* were \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H0259"\w*. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* cart \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H0853"\w* bronze. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* bronze \w was|strong="H0259"\w* melted \w and|strong="H0853"\w* poured \w into|strong="H0259"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* mold. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* carts were \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H0259"\w* \w size|strong="H4060"\w* \w and|strong="H0853"\w* shape. 
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\v 38 Huram \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* bowls. There \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* bowl \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* carts. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* bowl \w was|strong="H0259"\w* 4 \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5178"\w* could \w hold|strong="H3557"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* 230 \w gallons|strong="H1324"\w*.\f + \fr 7:38  \fk 230 gallons \ft Literally, “40 baths” (880 l).\f* 
\v 39 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* carts \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* carts \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* tank \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* southeast corner \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 40-45 Huram also made pots, small shovels, and small bowls. He finished making all the things King Solomon wanted him to make. This is a list of the things that Huram made for the Temple of the LORD: 
\b
\li1 2 columns; 
\li1 2 capitals shaped like bowls for the top of the columns; 
\li1 2 nets to go around the capitals; 
\li1 400 pomegranates for the two nets (two rows of pomegranates for each net to cover the two bowls for the capitals on top of the columns); 
\li1 10 carts with a bowl on each cart; 
\li1 the large tank with 12 bulls under it; 
\li1 the pots, small shovels, small bowls, and all the dishes for the LORD’S Temple. 
\b
\p Huram made everything King Solomon wanted. They were all made from polished bronze. 
\v 46-47 Solomon never weighed the bronze that was used to make these things. There was too much to weigh. So the total weight of all the bronze was never known. The king ordered these things to be made near the Jordan River between Succoth and Zarethan. They made them by melting the bronze and pouring it into molds in the ground. 
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\v 48-50 Solomon also commanded that all these things be made from gold for the Temple: 
\b
\li1 the golden altar; 
\li1 the golden table that held the special bread offered to God; 
\li1 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the south side and five on the north side in front of the Most Holy Place); 
\li1 the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; 
\li1 the pure gold bowls, lamp snuffers, small bowls, pans, and dishes for carrying coals; 
\li1 the gold hinges for the doors to the inner room (the Most Holy Place) and for the doors to the main room of the Temple. 
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\v 51 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H7999"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* saved \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* special \w purpose|strong="H4399"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* special storage \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
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\s1 The Box of the Agreement  //  in the Temple 
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w together|strong="H6950"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* join \w in|strong="H0413"\w* moving \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Temple. 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H1931"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* special \w festival|strong="H2282"\w*\f + \fr 8:2  \fk the special festival \ft That is, the Festival of Shelters. See “Festival of Shelters” in the Word List.\f* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ethanim|strong="H0388"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H7637"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meeting \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. 
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\v 3-4 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests and Levites carried the Holy Box of the LORD up to the Temple. They also carried the Meeting Tent and all the holy things that were in it up to the Temple. 
\v 5 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* met \w together|strong="H3259"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Agreement \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\v 6 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Box \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* proper \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Most|strong="H6944"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels. 
\v 7 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H0727"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Holy Box, \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* covered \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Holy Box \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* carrying \w poles|strong="H0905"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w poles|strong="H0905"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Most|strong="H6944"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w anyone|strong="H7200"\w* standing \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ends|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w poles|strong="H0905"\w*, \w although|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w inside|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Holy Box \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Matthew \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H0776"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*\f + \fr 8:10  \fk cloud \ft The special sign that showed God was with his people.\f* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w continue|strong="H5975"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* work \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w the|strong="H0559"\w* sun \w to|strong="H0559"\w* shine \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* sky, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* chose \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dark|strong="H6205"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6205"\w*.\f + \fr 8:12  \fk The LORD … dark cloud \ft This is from the ancient Greek version, which places verses 12-13 after verse 53. In verse 12 the standard Hebrew text has only “The LORD said he would live in darkness.”\f* 
\q1
\v 13 Now, Lord, I \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* beautiful \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w*, 
\q2 \w where|strong="H1129"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w may|strong="H1004"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H5975"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* asked God \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 15 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* long prayer \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*: 
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\pi1 “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H0430"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, 
\v 16 ‘\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H5921"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* leader \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* Jerusalem \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* honored.\f + \fr 8:16  \fk And I … honored \ft This is from the ancient Greek version. It is found in the standard Hebrew text of 2 Chronicles 6:5-6, but not here.\f* \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rule \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’ 
\pi1
\v 17 “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* very much \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H0834"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* want very \w much|strong="H2895"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w good|strong="H2895"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Your|strong="H0518"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.’ 
\pi1
\v 20 “\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* kept \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w* \w now|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w rule|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 21 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Temple \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box. \w Inside|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* Holy Box \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w faced|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* looked \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* 
\v 23 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
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\pi1 “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w or|strong="H0369"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* kind \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. 
\v 24 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* own \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w come|strong="H4390"\w* true \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0376"\w* promises \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8104"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H7535"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w* \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’ 
\v 26 \w Again|strong="H1696"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* ask \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* keep \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
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\v 27 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? \w The|strong="H0834"\w* whole \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w highest|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w contain|strong="H3557"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w contain|strong="H3557"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w either|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\v 28 \w But|strong="H6437"\w* \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 29 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* past \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* honored \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’ \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w turn|strong="H1961"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 30 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* prayers \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* future \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turn \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* ask \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* prayer \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 31 “\w Those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w* others \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* guilty, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* make \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* promise \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* innocent. 
\v 32 \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. If \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w*, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w*. \w And|strong="H8064"\w* if \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w*. 
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\v 33 “Sometimes \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 34 \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* prayers \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. 
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\v 35 “Sometimes \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* falling \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w suffer|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*. 
\v 36 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* prayer. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*. \w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H2896"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w*, Lord, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. 
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\v 37 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* might \w become|strong="H1961"\w* very dry \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* food \w will|strong="H1961"\w* grow \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Or|strong="H5061"\w* maybe \w a|strong="H1961"\w* great \w sickness|strong="H4245"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* spread \w among|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w*. Maybe \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* food \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* growing \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="H1961"\w* insects. \w Or|strong="H5061"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w* might \w be|strong="H1961"\w* attacked \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H8179"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. \w Or|strong="H5061"\w* many \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w* might get sick. 
\v 38 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w feel|strong="H3824"\w* compelled \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*, 
\v 39 \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* prayer. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* home \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* help \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Only|strong="H0905"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* really thinking, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w judge|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* fairly. 
\v 40 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. 
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\v 41-42 “People from other places will hear about your greatness and your power. They will come from far away to pray at this Temple. 
\v 43 \w From|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* prayers. \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* ask \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
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\v 44 “Sometimes \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* turn \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 45 \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* home \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* help \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
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\v 46 “\w Your|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* know \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H0120"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*. \w And|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* prisoners \w and|strong="H0776"\w* carry \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* some faraway \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 47 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* faraway \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w happened|strong="H2398"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* pray \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*.’ 
\v 48 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* faraway \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w feel|strong="H3824"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* sins \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* look \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 49 \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* home \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*. 
\v 50 \w Forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Make|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w be|strong="H5414"\w* kind \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 51 Remember \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* saved \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w by|strong="H3588"\w* pulling \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* hot oven! 
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\v 52 “\w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* prayers \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prayers \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* prayers \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* ask \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 53 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* chosen \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* own special \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w make|strong="H0914"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1696"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.” 
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\v 54 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* arms \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*. 
\v 55 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H5975"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H5975"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
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\v 56 “\w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*! \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w used|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* many \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*! 
\v 57 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H0834"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H0408"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w us|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 58 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* follow \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w*, \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. 
\v 59 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* remember \w this|strong="H0428"\w* prayer \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w asked|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* king, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 60 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\v 61 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* people must \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* must \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w follow|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* must \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* future \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*.” 
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\v 62 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 63 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* killed 22,000 \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 120,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* showed \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H2596"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 64 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* yard right \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* offered \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, grain \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* animals \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* yard. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* too \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hold|strong="H3557"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 65 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Temple, King \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0702"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w festival|strong="H2282"\w*.\f + \fr 8:65  \fk festival \ft The Festival of Shelters. See verse 2.\f* \w People|strong="H0702"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w away|strong="H5973"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w Pass|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* north \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* south. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* huge \w crowd|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w people|strong="H0702"\w* ate, drank, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* enjoyed themselves \w together|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* stayed \w for|strong="H4714"\w* another \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* 14 \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 8:65  \fk Then … 14 days \ft This is not in the ancient Greek version.\f* 
\v 66 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H7971"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, said goodbye, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* went \w home|strong="H0168"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\s1 God Comes to Solomon Again 
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w wanted|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, 
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\pi1 “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* honored \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w always|strong="H5769"\w*. 
\v 4 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0518"\w* \w serve|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* pure \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w honest|strong="H4941"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0518"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 5 \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* do, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* sure \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w always|strong="H5769"\w* \w rule|strong="H4467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w always|strong="H5769"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ruled \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* descendants. 
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\v 6-7 “But if you or your children stop following me, and don’t obey the laws and commands that I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, I will force Israel to leave the land that I have given to them. Israel will be an example to other people. Other people will make jokes about Israel. I made the Temple holy. It is the place where people honor me. But I will tear it down. 
\v 8 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* sees \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* amazed. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* terrible \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*?’ 
\v 9 \w People|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w happened|strong="H0935"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w but|strong="H2388"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* happen \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.’” 
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\v 10 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w supplied|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w with|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, pine \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* wanted, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* 20 \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*. 
\v 12 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* traveled \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 13 King Hiram \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*?” King Hiram \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w*.\f + \fr 9:13  \fk Cabul \ft This name is like the Hebrew word meaning “worthless.”\f* \w And|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H7971"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* 9000 pounds\f + \fr 9:14  \fk 9000 pounds \ft Literally, “120 talents” (4140 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w use|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* building \w the|strong="H7971"\w* Temple. 
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\v 15 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* slaves \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* used \w these|strong="H2088"\w* slaves \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* many \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* around \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* cities \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* past \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* fought \w against|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*. \w When|strong="H3427"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w married|strong="H0802"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0784"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* wedding \w present|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H1129"\w* \w Lower|strong="H8481"\w* Beth Horon. 
\v 18 \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* built \w the|strong="H0853"\w* cities \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Baalath|strong="H1191"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Judean \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. 
\v 19 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* could \w store|strong="H4543"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w*. King \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w wanted|strong="H2836"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* ruled. 
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\v 20 \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*. 
\v 21 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H0834"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w*, government \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w officers|strong="H8269"\w*, \w captains|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* drivers. 
\v 23 \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* 550 supervisors \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* projects. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w supervised|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*. 
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\v 24 \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* moved \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* Solomon \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w each|strong="H6471"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* supplied \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* needed \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w ships|strong="H0590"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Ezion Geber. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* town \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w shore|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Red \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. 
\v 27 King \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* skilled sailors \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* serve \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* navy \w and|strong="H7971"\w* work \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. 
\v 28 \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* ships \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* 16 tons\f + \fr 9:28  \fk 16 tons \ft Literally, “420 talents” (14,490 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\c 10  
\s1 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w so|strong="H0935"\w* she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w test|strong="H5254"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* hard \w questions|strong="H2420"\w*. 
\v 2 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w traveled|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w large|strong="H3515"\w* group \w of|strong="H3605"\w* servants. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, jewels, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w met|strong="H5375"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w asked|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* questions \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w could|strong="H5375"\w* \w think|strong="H3824"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H5046"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w questions|strong="H1697"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w questions|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* hard \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w explain|strong="H5046"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* very \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* beautiful \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*. 
\v 5 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* saw \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* king’s \w table|strong="H7979"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* saw \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* meeting together. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* saw \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* good clothes \w they|strong="H0834"\w* wore. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* saw \w his|strong="H3068"\w* parties \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* sacrifices \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* amazed, \w she|strong="H0834"\w* could hardly breathe! 
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* stories \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* great \w works|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w true|strong="H0571"\w*. 
\v 7 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* greater \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Your|strong="H0834"\w* \w wealth|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H1697"\w* greater \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Your|strong="H8085"\w* wives\f + \fr 10:8  \fk wives \ft This is from the ancient Greek version. The Hebrew text has “men.”\f* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* very fortunate, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w serve|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w every|strong="H0376"\w* day. 
\v 9 \w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*! \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w unending|strong="H5769"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fairness|strong="H6666"\w*.” 
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* 4 1/2 tons\f + \fr 10:10  \fk 4 1/2 tons \ft Literally, “120 talents” (4140 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w a|strong="H5414"\w* huge \w amount|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w ever|strong="H5750"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* Israel. 
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\v 11 \w Hiram’s|strong="H2438"\w* \w ships|strong="H0590"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* jewels \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H5375"\w* special kind \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.\f + \fr 10:11  \fk special … wood \ft Literally, “almug.” No one knows exactly what type of wood this was, but it might have been sandalwood.\f* 
\v 12 Solomon \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* special \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* build \w supports|strong="H4552"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w well|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w harps|strong="H3658"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w lyres|strong="H3658"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* last \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* shipment \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* kind \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Israel. \w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w hasn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* around \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w*.\f + \fr 10:12  \fk since then \ft Literally, “to this day,” that is, when the book of Kings was written.\f* 
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\v 13 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* more \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* went \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\s1 \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* Great Wealth 
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\v 14 \w Every|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* King \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w received|strong="H0935"\w* almost 25 tons\f + \fr 10:14  \fk almost 25 tons \ft Literally, “666 talents” (22,977 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
\v 15 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* addition \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gold brought \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* traveling \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w traders|strong="H7402"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* brought gold \w and|strong="H0776"\w* silver \w to|strong="H0376"\w* Solomon. 
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\v 16 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* 200 large \w shields|strong="H6793"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* hammered \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* 15 pounds\f + \fr 10:16  \fk about 15 pounds \ft Literally, “600 \+add shekels\+add*” (6.9 kg). Also in verse 29.\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w shield|strong="H6793"\w*. 
\v 17 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* 300 smaller \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* hammered \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w used|strong="H5414"\w* almost 4 pounds\f + \fr 10:17  \fk almost 4 pounds \ft Literally, “3 \+tl \+w minas|strong="H4488"\+w*\+tl*” (1.7kg).\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Forest-of-Lebanon \w House|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 10:17  \fk Forest-of-Lebanon House \ft The largest of king Solomon’s palace buildings. See 1 Kings 7:2-5.\f* 
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\v 18 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Solomon \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H4428"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w with|strong="H6823"\w* \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* decorations. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* covered \w with|strong="H6823"\w* pure \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. 
\v 19 \w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w leading|strong="H7218"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w round|strong="H5696"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w*. \w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w armrests|strong="H7675"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w sides|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w sides|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w under|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w armrests|strong="H7675"\w*. 
\v 20 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H0738"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* end. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4467"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w cups|strong="H4945"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* glasses \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dishes\f + \fr 10:21  \fk dishes \ft The Hebrew word can mean “dishes,” “tools,” or “weapons.”\f* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* building called \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* important. 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* many cargo \w ships|strong="H0590"\w*\f + \fr 10:22  \fk cargo ships \ft Literally, “ships of Tarshish.”\f* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* sent \w out|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* trade \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* countries. These \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w Hiram’s|strong="H2438"\w* \w ships|strong="H0590"\w*. \w Every|strong="H0259"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ships|strong="H0590"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* new \w load|strong="H5375"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w ivory|strong="H8143"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w apes|strong="H6971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* baboons. 
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\v 23 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w became|strong="H1431"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 24 \w People|strong="H0834"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w see|strong="H0834"\w* King \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Every|strong="H0376"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w see|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* king \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w*, \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*, \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* great number \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 1400 \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 12,000 horse \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* built special \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* these \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* kept \w in|strong="H4428"\w* these \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* kept some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 27 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* Israel very rich. \w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* common \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w rocks|strong="H0068"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* wood \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* common \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* fig \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* growing \w on|strong="H0068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* hills. 
\v 28 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Kue. \w His|strong="H3947"\w* \w traders|strong="H5503"\w* bought \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Kue \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* Israel. 
\v 29 \w A|strong="H5927"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* cost \w about|strong="H4428"\w* 15 pounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H5927"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* cost almost 4 pounds\f + \fr 10:29  \fk almost 4 pounds \ft Literally, “150 shekels” (1.725 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. Solomon \w sold|strong="H3318"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w*. 
\c 11  
\s1 Solomon and His Many Wives 
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\v 1 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w from|strong="H0802"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w*, \w Ammon|strong="H4125"\w*, Edom, Sidon, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*. 
\v 2 \w In|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* past \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* marry \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H0935"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* fell \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* women. 
\v 3 \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 700 \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* daughters \w of|strong="H0802"\w* leaders \w from|strong="H1961"\w* other nations. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 300 slave \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* \w away|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* God. 
\v 4 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w old|strong="H2209"\w*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H8003"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H0310"\w* Ashtoreth, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w goddess|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Sidon, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* horrible \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*. 
\v 6 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* completely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* worshiping \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* horrible \w idol|strong="H8251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*. \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* same \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* worshiping \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* horrible \w idol|strong="H8251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. 
\v 8 Solomon \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* did \w not|strong="H3588"\w* remain faithful \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H7200"\w* \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 10 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* Solomon \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* Solomon \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\v 11 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen \w to|strong="H0559"\w* break \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w away|strong="H5973"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\v 12 \w But|strong="H0389"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* loved \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* take \w your|strong="H3808"\w* kingdom \w away|strong="H7167"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* alive. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* wait until \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w becomes|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4616"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4616"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* take \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 13 Still, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w away|strong="H7167"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w leave|strong="H4616"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w rule|strong="H4467"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w*.” 
\s1 Solomon’s \w Enemies|strong="H3389"\w* 
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w enemy|strong="H7854"\w*. \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. 
\v 15 \w This|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* how \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*. \w In|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* past \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fought|strong="H0854"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w dead|strong="H2491"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w*. \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Edomite \w men|strong="H2145"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* still alive. 
\v 16 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H2145"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* killed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H2145"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. 
\v 17 \w At|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* time \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* only \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. 
\v 18 \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*. \w In|strong="H0935"\w* \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w other|strong="H0376"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w joined|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* whole group \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w*. \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* Hadad \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* eat. 
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\v 19 \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w liked|strong="H5869"\w* \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w much|strong="H3966"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. She \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* sister-in-law. (\w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w Queen|strong="H1377"\w* \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w*.) 
\v 20 Hadad \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* named \w Genubath|strong="H1592"\w*. Queen \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w Genubath|strong="H1592"\w* grow \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* given \w you|strong="H0859"\w* everything \w you|strong="H0859"\w* need \w here|strong="H2005"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*?” 
\p Hadad \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Please, just \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
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\v 23 \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* another \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* become \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Solomon’s \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w Rezon|strong="H7331"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliada|strong="H0450"\w*. \w Rezon|strong="H7331"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*. 
\v 24 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Zobah, Rezon \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leader|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* small \w army|strong="H3427"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. 
\v 25 Rezon \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w enemy|strong="H7854"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w added|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* created \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 26 There \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* \w another|strong="H0802"\w* \w person|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H7311"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* enemy \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* \w Ephraimite|strong="H0673"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeredah|strong="H6868"\w*. \w His|strong="H3027"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Zeruah|strong="H6871"\w*. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w one|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* story \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* Jeroboam turned \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* repairing \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wall \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. 
\v 28 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* free \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 11:28  \fk free man \ft Or “a nobleman,” someone who could be called to war to protect his people.\f* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* skilled \w worker|strong="H4399"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* supervisor \w over|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w that|strong="H3588"\w* descended \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. 
\v 29 \w One|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H6256"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w leaving|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Shiloh \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. \w They|strong="H6256"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w country|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* wearing \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* coat. 
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\v 30 \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* coat \w and|strong="H7167"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*. 
\v 31 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* coat \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. 
\v 32 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* family keep \w only|strong="H0259"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 33 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w take|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* kingdom \w from|strong="H1980"\w* Solomon \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* stopped \w following|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* began \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* Ashtoreth, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w goddess|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Sidon; \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. Solomon stopped \w following|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* say \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* laws \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w commands|strong="H1870"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 34 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* Solomon’s family. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*. \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* Solomon \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4616"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 35 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* Jeroboam, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 36 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* Solomon’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* keep \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rule \w over|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rule \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\v 37 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 11:37  \fk Israel \ft That is, the northern ten tribes.\f* \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\v 38 \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w live|strong="H1980"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* kings, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* kingdom. 
\v 39 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H2233"\w* Solomon \w did|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forever|strong="H3117"\w*.’” 
\s1 Solomon’s Death 
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\v 40 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w tried|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* stayed \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. 
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\v 41 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* beginning \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* end, \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w*\bk*. 
\v 42 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\v 43 \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* died\f + \fr 11:43  \fk died \ft Literally, “slept with his ancestors.”\f* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* next \w king|strong="H4427"\w* after \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\c 12  
\s1 Civil War 
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\v 1-3 Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had run away from Solomon. When he heard about Solomon’s death, he returned to his city, Zeredah, in the hills of Ephraim.\f + \fr 12:1-3  \fk to his city … Ephraim \ft This is from the ancient Greek version.\f* 
\p Rehoboam and all the Israelites went to Shechem to make him the king. The people said to Rehoboam, 
\v 4 “\w Your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* forced \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w hard|strong="H7186"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w easier|strong="H7043"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. Stop \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* forced \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.” 
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\v 5 Rehoboam \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* helped \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* decisions \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H0001"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H0001"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?” 
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\v 7 \w They|strong="H0518"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* sincerely \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.” 
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H1431"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* not listen \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* asked \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* friends. 
\v 9 Rehoboam \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w easier|strong="H7043"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*.’ \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*?” 
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Those|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* forced \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* work \w very|strong="H2088"\w* hard. \w Now|strong="H2088"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* work \w easier|strong="H7043"\w*.’ \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w should|strong="H0001"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6995"\w* \w finger|strong="H6995"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* stronger \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* whole \w body|strong="H4975"\w*. 
\v 11 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* forced \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* work \w hard|strong="H3515"\w*, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w make|strong="H3254"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* work \w much|strong="H3515"\w* harder! \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w punished|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w* \w that|strong="H0001"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* sharp metal tips.’” 
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\v 12 \w Three|strong="H7992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7992"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*. 
\v 13 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Rehoboam \w did|strong="H0834"\w* not listen \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w from|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* rude \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 14 \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* friends \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H3254"\w* \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* forced \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* work hard, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w make|strong="H3254"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* work \w much|strong="H5921"\w* harder! \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w punished|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* sharp metal tips.” 
\v 15 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w keep|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* Shiloh \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* part \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w*? 
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse’s|strong="H3448"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w*? 
\q1 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, let’s \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w rule|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w people|strong="H5971"\w*!” 
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\m \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 17 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w A|strong="H7971"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* named \w Adoniram|strong="H0151"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* directed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* workers. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Adoniram|strong="H0151"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* talk \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, \w but|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* threw \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 19 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* how \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* meeting \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6950"\w* \w together|strong="H5973"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* 180,000 \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H0505"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*. 
\v 22 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* named \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 23 “Talk \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* war \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H0376"\w*, \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.’” \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Rehoboam’s \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. Later \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*\f + \fr 12:25  \fk Penuel \ft Or “Peniel.”\f* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*. 
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\v 26-27 Jeroboam said to himself, “If the people keep going to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the LORD’S Temple, someday they will want to be ruled by their old masters. They will want to be ruled by King Rehoboam of Judah. And then they will kill me.” 
\v 28 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* advisors \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w advice|strong="H3289"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jeroboam \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* don’t \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* anymore. \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w these|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.”\f + \fr 12:28  \fk Israel … out of Egypt \ft This is exactly the same thing that Aaron said at the time he made the golden calf in the desert. See Exodus 32:4.\f* 
\v 29 King Jeroboam \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* golden calf \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H0259"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.\f + \fr 12:29  \fk Bethel, Dan \ft Bethel was a city in the southern part of Israel, near Judah. Dan was in the northern part of Israel.\f* 
\v 30 \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* terrible \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H2088"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* going \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* cities \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* Bethel\f + \fr 12:30  \fk and Bethel \ft This is from the ancient Greek version.\f* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* worship \w the|strong="H6440"\w* calves. 
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\v 31 Jeroboam \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w temples|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* different tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*. (\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* choose \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* only \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*.) 
\v 32 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* started \w a|strong="H2076"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w festival|strong="H2282"\w*\f + \fr 12:32  \fk the festival \ft Probably the Festival of Shelters. See “Festival of Shelters” in the Word List.\f* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w but|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* 15th \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*. \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 33 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Jeroboam \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* 15th \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. 
\c 13  
\s1 God Speaks Against Bethel 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w offering|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\p “\w Altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*: ‘\w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3205"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H6999"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w human|strong="H0120"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H0120"\w* never \w be|strong="H8034"\w* used again!’” 
\p
\v 3 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* man \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* proof \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* happen. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* proof \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* break \w apart|strong="H7167"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w onto|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* ground.’” 
\p
\v 4 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* pointed \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Arrest \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*!” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* paralyzed. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* move \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* broke \w into|strong="H0376"\w* pieces, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* fell onto \w the|strong="H0834"\w* ground. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* proved \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jeroboam \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* heal \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* healed, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “Please \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* eat \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w gift|strong="H4991"\w*.” 
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w*! \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w here|strong="H1870"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H1980"\w*.” 
\v 10 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w different|strong="H0312"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* same \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jeroboam. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Which|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w*?” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* taken. 
\v 13 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w saddle|strong="H2280"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7392"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w saddle|strong="H2280"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* left. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* tree \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w*.” 
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\v 15 So \w the|strong="H0559"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Please come \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* man \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w God|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*. \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* different \w road|strong="H1870"\w*.’” 
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w a|strong="H3644"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H0559"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* man \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* old prophet’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0854"\w*. 
\v 20 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, 
\v 21 \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*! \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\v 22 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* buried \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*.” 
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* man \w of|strong="H3899"\w* God finished \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* man’s \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w for|strong="H3899"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* man \w left|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 24 \w On|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* home, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* God. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w lying|strong="H7993"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* next \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* nearby. 
\v 25 \w Some|strong="H0376"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* walking \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* old \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* story \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* attack \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
\v 27 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H0413"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w saddle|strong="H2280"\w* \w his|strong="H0413"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* did \w so|strong="H1696"\w*. 
\v 28 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H5975"\w* prophet went \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w lying|strong="H7993"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w were|strong="H0738"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H0681"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w had|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w hurt|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* cry \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 30 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* old prophet buried \w the|strong="H0853"\w* man \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own family \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* old prophet cried \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0251"\w* said, “Oh, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am sorry \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.” 
\v 31 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H6106"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w same|strong="H6106"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*. \w Put|strong="H4191"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w next|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 32 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.” 
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\v 33 King \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* choose \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* different tribes \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*\f + \fr 13:33  \fk people … priests \ft The Law taught that only people from the tribe of Levi could become priests.\f* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*. Whoever wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w*. 
\v 34 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ruin \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w destruction|strong="H8045"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* kingdom. 
\c 14  
\s1 Jeroboam’s Son Dies 
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\v 1 \w At|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* became very \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w become|strong="H1980"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*. Dress \w yourself|strong="H0859"\w* \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Give|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* prophet \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w cakes|strong="H5350"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w jar|strong="H1228"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* ask \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* son, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king’s \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*. \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* prophet \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* old \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w blind|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Ahijah’s house, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* pretended \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* someone else. 
\v 6 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*! \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w know|strong="H5234"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w pretending|strong="H7186"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* someone else? \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* some bad \w news|strong="H6963"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 7 Go back \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: ‘\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* chose \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* all \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 8 \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H8104"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w always|strong="H7535"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* accepted. 
\v 9 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sinned worse \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* ruled \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* stopped \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* yourself. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* statues \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. 
\v 10 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* troubles \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w completely|strong="H8552"\w*, \w like|strong="H3651"\w* fire \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w dung|strong="H1557"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*.’” 
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Ahijah said, “\w Now|strong="H0935"\w*, \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Your|strong="H0935"\w* son \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* soon \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\v 13 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Soon|strong="H6258"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* put \w a|strong="H3772"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* full \w of|strong="H3068"\w* fear \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w shake|strong="H5110"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* tall grass \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* pull \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* sacred poles.\f + \fr 14:15  \fk sacred poles \ft People used these things to worship false gods.\f* 
\v 16 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* defeated \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.” 
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\v 17 \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. \w As|strong="H0935"\w* soon \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* stepped \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 18 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* cried \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H0834"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* includes \w the|strong="H0834"\w* wars \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* 22 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* buried \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 14:20  \fk died … ancestors \ft Literally, “slept with his ancestors.”\f* \w His|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\s1 Rehoboam, \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah 
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\v 21 \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 41 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* Ammonite. 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*—more \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 23 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, memorial stones, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* sacred poles.\f + \fr 14:23  \fk high places, memorial stones, and sacred poles \ft People used these things to worship false gods.\f* \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\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 24 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w served|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w by|strong="H3068"\w* selling \w their|strong="H3605"\w* bodies \w for|strong="H0776"\w* sex.\f + \fr 14:24  \fk men … for sex \ft Sexual sins like this were a part of the way people worshiped the Canaanite gods.\f* \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w were|strong="H0834"\w* worse \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 26 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* David \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* officers \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Hadadezer \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* walls \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Jerusalem.\f + \fr 14:26  \fk He even took … Jerusalem \ft This is from the ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has “He even took the gold shields that Solomon had made.”\f* 
\v 27 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H6485"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w duty|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w gates|strong="H6607"\w*. 
\v 28 Every \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* shields \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* finished, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* shields \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* wall \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w guardroom|strong="H8372"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*\bk*. 
\v 30 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* fighting \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* died\f + \fr 14:31  \fk died \ft Literally, “slept with his ancestors.”\f* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. (\w His|strong="H1732"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w*. \w She|strong="H7901"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w an|strong="H8478"\w* Ammonite.) \w Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0038"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* next \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\c 15  
\s1 Abijah, King of Judah 
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\v 1 \w Abijah|strong="H0038"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* 18th \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* Israel. 
\v 2 Abijah \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H8034"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*. \w She|strong="H0517"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. Abijah \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w In|strong="H0430"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandfather|strong="H0001"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* Abijah \w a|strong="H3588"\w* kingdom \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* safe. 
\v 5 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* obeyed \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* sinned \w against|strong="H5869"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* fighting \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*.\f + \fr 15:6  \ft This is not in the ancient Greek version.\f* 
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0038"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*\bk*. 
\p \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0038"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0038"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 8 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0038"\w* died, \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. Abijah’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w* after \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\s1 \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah 
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\v 9 During \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* 20th \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 10 \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H0259"\w* 41 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H8034"\w* grandmother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w she|strong="H0517"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 12 \w During|strong="H3605"\w* Asa’s time \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* served \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w by|strong="H3605"\w* selling \w their|strong="H3605"\w* bodies \w for|strong="H0776"\w* sex. Asa forced \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 13 King \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w right|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H0517"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H0834"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H0517"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* awful \w Asherah|strong="H0842"\w* poles. \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* pole \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 15 Asa \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* given some special \w gifts|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. Asa \w put|strong="H0935"\w* these \w gifts|strong="H6944"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* other \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* fought \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Once|strong="H0935"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w keep|strong="H0935"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w leaving|strong="H3318"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* kind \w of|strong="H4428"\w* military \w campaign|strong="H5927"\w*. 
\v 18 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasuries|strong="H0214"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tabrimmon|strong="H2886"\w*. \w Tabrimmon|strong="H2886"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezion|strong="H2383"\w*. \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* Ben-Hadad’s \w capital|strong="H3427"\w* city. 
\v 19 Asa \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2009"\w* message: “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* want \w to|strong="H5921"\w* make \w a|strong="H7971"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2009"\w* gift \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. Please \w break|strong="H6565"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* make \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w leave|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* alone.” 
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\v 20 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w Abel|strong="H0062"\w* Beth Maacah, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* Lake Galilee, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. 
\v 21 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* these attacks, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w stopped|strong="H2308"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H2308"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w gave|strong="H8085"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* order \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* help. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* go \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* using \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* material \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* strengthen \w those|strong="H3605"\w* two cities. 
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\v 23 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* great \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*—\w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*\bk*. \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* \w old|strong="H2209"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* infected. 
\v 24 \w He|strong="H1732"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w his|strong="H1732"\w* ancestor. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w* after \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\s1 Nadab, \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel 
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\v 25 During \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\v 26 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* Jeroboam \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*. \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* plan \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w*. \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* fighting \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w*. 
\v 28 This happened during \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* next \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel. 
\s1 \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel 
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\v 29 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Baasha \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Shiloh. 
\v 30 \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w happened|strong="H2398"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* many \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, very \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. 
\v 32 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* fighting \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah. 
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\v 33 Ahijah’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 24 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, 
\v 34 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. 
\c 16  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 2 “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* important \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w But|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H5057"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5414"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. 
\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* destroy \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, just \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* did \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* bodies \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w those|strong="H0398"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w your|strong="H0398"\w* \w family|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H1201"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w And|strong="H0398"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* bodies \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w those|strong="H0398"\w* \w who|strong="H1201"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* out \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* story \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* great \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H0834"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. 
\v 6 \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. \w His|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w* after \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w That|strong="H0834"\w* book \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* story \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fact \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. 
\s1 Elah, \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel 
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\v 8 \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* 26th \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Elah’s \w officers|strong="H8269"\w*. \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* commanded \w half|strong="H4276"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Elah’s \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w but|strong="H0834"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* plotted \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Elah. \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Elah \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* getting \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Arza’s \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Arza|strong="H0777"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w man|strong="H7910"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* house \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Elah. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel \w after|strong="H8141"\w* Elah. \w This|strong="H0935"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* during \w the|strong="H0935"\w* 27th \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\s1 \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel 
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\v 11 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* Zimri \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baasha’s|strong="H1201"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* male \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Baasha’s|strong="H1201"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*. 
\v 12 \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w Baasha’s|strong="H1201"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*. 
\v 13 \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w happened|strong="H2398"\w* \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* worshiped \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. 
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\v 15 \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* 27th \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w* only \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w This|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* happened: \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* control. 
\v 16 \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* secret plans \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 18 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w ran|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* fortress, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* soldiers \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* still \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 19 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Zimri died \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* story \w about|strong="H5921"\w* Zimri’s secret plans \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H0834"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. 
\s1 Omri, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* 
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H1961"\w* make \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w The|strong="H0310"\w* other \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*. 
\v 22 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w Omri’s|strong="H6018"\w* followers \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than \w the|strong="H0834"\w* followers \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*. \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w became|strong="H2388"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* during \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* 31st \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 12 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Six|strong="H8337"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Omri \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* 150 pounds\f + \fr 16:24  \fk 150 pounds \ft Literally, “2 talents” (69 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. Omri \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w owner|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w worse|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* kings \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 26 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* worshiped \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, very \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* story \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* great \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H0834"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. 
\v 28 \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w His|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w* after \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\s1 \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel 
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\v 29 \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* 38th \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 22 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\v 30 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w worse|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* kings \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 31 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* enough \w for|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w to|strong="H1961"\w* commit \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*. Ahab \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*, \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ethbaal|strong="H0856"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Sidon. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Ahab \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. 
\v 32 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* worshiping \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. 
\v 33 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H0834"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* sacred pole.\f + \fr 16:33  \fk sacred pole \ft People used these to worship false gods.\f* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. 
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\v 34 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* Ahab’s \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Hiel|strong="H2419"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* Bethel \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hiel|strong="H2419"\w* \w started|strong="H1129"\w* \w work|strong="H3245"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiram|strong="H0048"\w* died. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hiel|strong="H2419"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Segub|strong="H7687"\w* died. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*.\f + \fr 16:34  \fk This happened … Joshua son of Nun \ft See Josh. 6:26.\f* 
\c 17  
\s1 Elijah and the Time Without Rain 
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\v 1 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* town \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Tishbe \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H0518"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w next|strong="H0413"\w* few \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H0518"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w*.” 
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 3 “Leave \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* go \w east|strong="H6924"\w*. \w Hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* Kerith Ravine, \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5158"\w*. 
\v 4 \w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w can|strong="H8354"\w* get \w your|strong="H6680"\w* water \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* food \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.” 
\v 5 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Elijah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* Kerith Ravine, \w east|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5158"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Ravens|strong="H6158"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* Elijah \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* water \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 9 “\w Go|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w take|strong="H6965"\w* care \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H6607"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w gathering|strong="H7197"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* fire. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*. \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Would|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* cup \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*?” 
\v 11 \w As|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* going \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w water|strong="H7121"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w piece|strong="H6595"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* too, \w please|strong="H4994"\w*.” 
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* woman \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w before|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0518"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* handful \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* bit \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w jug|strong="H6835"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* gather \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w fire|strong="H0398"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* cook \w our|strong="H3068"\w* last \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*. \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H0935"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* hunger.” 
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\v 13 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* woman, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w worry|strong="H3372"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* home \w and|strong="H1121"\w* cook \w your|strong="H0935"\w* food \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*. \w But|strong="H0389"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* piece \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w bread|strong="H5692"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* flour \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* cook \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\v 14 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w empty|strong="H2637"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w jug|strong="H6835"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sends|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.’” 
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H1004"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w her|strong="H0398"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H0398"\w* son \w had|strong="H0452"\w* \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w jug|strong="H6835"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w empty|strong="H3615"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*. 
\p
\v 17 \w Some|strong="H0428"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w woman’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* worse \w and|strong="H1121"\w* worse \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* stopped breathing. 
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* woman \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0935"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* help \w me|strong="H0413"\w*? \w Or|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H4191"\w* only \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w remind|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H2142"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?” 
\p
\v 19 \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* boy \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* upstairs. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w staying|strong="H3427"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w letting|strong="H1571"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w stay|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* house. \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H0589"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* bad thing \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?” 
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* lay \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* \w live|strong="H7130"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*!” 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elijah’s|strong="H0452"\w* prayer. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* began breathing \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. 
\v 23 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* downstairs, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*!” 
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w speaks|strong="H0559"\w* \w through|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*!” 
\c 18  
\s1 Elijah and the Prophets of Baal 
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\v 1 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w fell|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1961"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*.” 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* meet \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H7458"\w* very bad \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. 
\v 3 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w told|strong="H0413"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* man \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. (\w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* follower \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 4 \w One|strong="H0376"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w killing|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* 100 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w caves|strong="H4631"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* 50 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* 50 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H0376"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.) 
\v 5 King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* look \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* see \w if|strong="H0194"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w enough|strong="H4672"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* keep \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w*.” 
\v 6 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* decided where \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w would|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* look \w for|strong="H0776"\w* water. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w direction|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w himself|strong="H0905"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w direction|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w himself|strong="H0905"\w*. 
\v 7 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* walking \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w looked|strong="H2009"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*. \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w bowed|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w show|strong="H5234"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*? \w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w master|strong="H0113"\w*?” 
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\v 8 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H2009"\w*, \w it|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w me|strong="H0589"\w*. \w Now|strong="H2009"\w*, \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H0452"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king, \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*.” 
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\v 9 \w Obadiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* nothing \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* want \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*? 
\v 10 \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H0834"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* everywhere. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w every|strong="H1471"\w* country \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rulers|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* countries \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* want \w me|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H6258"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0859"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*! 
\v 12 \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*! \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w since|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* boy. 
\v 13 \w Surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* 100 \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w caves|strong="H4631"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* put 50 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* 50 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H0376"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* want \w me|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H6258"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0859"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* king \w will|strong="H0859"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H0859"\w*!” 
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\v 15 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w serve|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* All-Powerful. \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.” 
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\v 16 So \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w and|strong="H5046"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* where \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* was. King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* troublemaker \w of|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?” 
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\v 18 \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* made \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* caused \w all|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* problems \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* stopped obeying \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w commands|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* began \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* false gods. 
\v 19 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H6908"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. \w Also|strong="H0853"\w* bring \w the|strong="H3605"\w* 450 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* 400 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* goddess \w Asherah|strong="H0842"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Queen \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w supports|strong="H7979"\w*.”\f + \fr 18:19  \fk Queen Jezebel … supports \ft Literally, “Those prophets eat at Jezebel’s table.”\f* 
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* called \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* decide \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* going \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H0518"\w*. \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* keep jumping \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H0310"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*? \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*!” 
\p \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*. 
\v 22 \w So|strong="H0589"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* here, \w but|strong="H0376"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* 450 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. 
\v 23 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w*. \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* prophets \w of|strong="H5921"\w* Baal \w have|strong="H0589"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w*. \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* kill \w it|strong="H7760"\w*, \w cut|strong="H5408"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* meat \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* start \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0259"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* start \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* either. 
\v 24 Prophets \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Baal, \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Whichever|strong="H0834"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w answers|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prayer \w and|strong="H3068"\w* starts \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” 
\p \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* agreed \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w idea|strong="H1697"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, “There \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* go \w first|strong="H7223"\w*. \w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* start \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.” 
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* prophets \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* started praying \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, please \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*!” \w But|strong="H0369"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w*. \w No|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* began jumping \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w At|strong="H0430"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w make|strong="H7121"\w* fun \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* Baal \w really|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, \w maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w louder|strong="H1419"\w*! \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* busy. \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w thinking|strong="H0559"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* something, \w or|strong="H7879"\w* \w maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* stepped \w out|strong="H1419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* moment! \w He|strong="H1931"\w* could \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H3463"\w*! \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w louder|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w wake|strong="H3364"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w up|strong="H1961"\w*!” 
\v 28 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophets \w prayed|strong="H7121"\w* \w louder|strong="H1419"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*. (This \w was|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7121"\w*.) \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1419"\w* bleeding \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 29 \w The|strong="H5704"\w* afternoon \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* fire \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w*. \w The|strong="H5704"\w* prophets \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* control \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* this \w way|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* evening \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*—\w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* Baal. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w*. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* listening. 
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “Now \w come|strong="H5066"\w* \w here|strong="H5066"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* gathered around \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w torn|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, \w so|strong="H5066"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w repaired|strong="H7495"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 31 \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* found \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*. \w These|strong="H0834"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 32 Elijah \w used|strong="H6213"\w* these \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* repair \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* dug \w a|strong="H1129"\w* small ditch \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* wide \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* deep \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hold|strong="H1004"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* 4 gallons\f + \fr 18:32  \fk about 4 gallons \ft Literally, “2 \+tl \+w seahs|strong="H5429"\+w*\+tl* of seed” (14.6 l).\f* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* water. 
\v 33 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Elijah \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* altar. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w cut|strong="H5408"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. 
\v 34 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w jars|strong="H3537"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w Pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H5921"\w* meat \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H8138"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w again|strong="H8138"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H8138"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H8027"\w* \w time|strong="H8138"\w*.” 
\v 35 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* ran down \w off|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* ditch. 
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\v 36 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* afternoon \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w approached|strong="H5066"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* altar \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H0559"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w prove|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Show|strong="H3045"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0589"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. 
\v 37 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* prayer. \w Show|strong="H3045"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* bringing \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w back|strong="H0322"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.” 
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\v 38 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w came|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burned \w the|strong="H0853"\w* sacrifice, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* around \w the|strong="H0853"\w* altar. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* dried \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* ditch. 
\v 39 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* happen \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \w and|strong="H3068"\w* began \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*!” 
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\v 40 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H4422"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* led \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w* Creek \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* Rain \w Comes|strong="H3381"\w* Again 
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. \w A|strong="H3588"\w* heavy \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w*.” 
\v 42 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* same \w time|strong="H7218"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w climbed|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Mount|strong="H5927"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. \w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* mountain, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* bent \w down|strong="H1457"\w*. \w He|strong="H0256"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*. 
\v 43 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* higher \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*. \w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* saw \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w*.” \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w This|strong="H6471"\w* happened \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. 
\v 44 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* servant \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* size \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* fist \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.” 
\p \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* servant, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* chariot \w ready|strong="H0631"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* home \w now|strong="H1961"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 45 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* short \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* covered \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w dark|strong="H6937"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*. \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* blow, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w heavy|strong="H1419"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* got \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* back \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*. 
\v 46 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* belt \w to|strong="H0413"\w* hold \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* robe \w away|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* feet. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*. 
\c 19  
\s1 Elijah at Mount Horeb (Sinai) 
\p
\v 1 King \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Baal \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w swear|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H0430"\w* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w dead|strong="H5315"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* prophets. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* don’t succeed, \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0259"\w* \w or|strong="H0259"\w* worse \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 \w When|strong="H0834"\w* Elijah \w heard|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* afraid. \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* ran \w away|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w save|strong="H5315"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Elijah \w left|strong="H3240"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* 
\v 4 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w whole|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* bush \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*.” 
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* bush \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w*. \w An|strong="H6965"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w him|strong="H0398"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*!” 
\v 6 Elijah \w looked|strong="H5027"\w* \w around|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w by|strong="H0398"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w head|strong="H4763"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H7725"\w* \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w had|strong="H0398"\w* been baked over coals \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H7725"\w* \w jar|strong="H6835"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*. 
\p
\v 7 Later \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*! \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* don’t, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* strong \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* long trip.” 
\v 8 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* Elijah \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* felt \w strong|strong="H3581"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Elijah walked \w for|strong="H3117"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w*, \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\v 9 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w spent|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* night. 
\p \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*?” 
\p
\v 10 \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* All-Powerful, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* always served \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* best \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w broken|strong="H2040"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* trying \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*!” 
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.”\f + \fr 19:11  \fk Go, stand … you \ft This is like the time God appeared to Moses. See Exodus 33:12-23.\f* \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* blew. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* caused \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w apart|strong="H7307"\w*. \w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 12 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quiet, \w gentle|strong="H1851"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.\f + \fr 19:12  \fk voice \ft Or “sound.”\f* 
\p
\v 13 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* coat \w to|strong="H0413"\w* cover \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*?” 
\p
\v 14 \w Elijah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* All-Powerful, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* always served \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* best \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* broke \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* trying \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.” 
\p
\v 15 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* leads \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Next|strong="H5921"\w*, \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Abel Meholah. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* takes \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* anyone who \w escapes|strong="H4422"\w* \w Hazael’s|strong="H2371"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* anyone who \w escapes|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehu’s|strong="H3058"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. 
\v 18 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* still \w have|strong="H0834"\w* 7000 \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* \w down|strong="H3766"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w idol|strong="H3478"\w*.” 
\s1 Elisha Becomes \w a|strong="H0834"\w* Prophet 
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H5674"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*. \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w plowing|strong="H2790"\w* 12 \w acres|strong="H6776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* working \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* last \w acre|strong="H6776"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w*.\f + \fr 19:19  \fk Elisha was plowing … came \ft Or “Elijah was plowing. There were 11 pair of oxen before him, and he was on the twelfth.”\f* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* put \w his|strong="H6440"\w* coat\f + \fr 19:19  \fk coat \ft A special robe that prophets wore. Elijah put his coat on Elisha to show that Elisha would take his place as a prophet.\f* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Elisha|strong="H0559"\w* immediately \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*. \w Elisha|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* kiss \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* goodbye. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
\p \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w stop|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.\f + \fr 19:20  \fk I will not stop you \ft Literally, “What have I done to you?” or “What will I do to you?”\f*” 
\p
\v 21 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* killed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w used|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* firewood. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H0310"\w* \w all|strong="H0398"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w together|strong="H6776"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w became|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* helper. 
\c 20  
\s1 Ben-Hadad and Ahab Go to War 
\p
\v 1 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* 32 \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* many \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* inside \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* message \w was|strong="H1931"\w*, “\w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="H0559"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* mine, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* yours \w now|strong="H0589"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* all \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* belong \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*! 
\v 6 \w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w search|strong="H2664"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Give|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* valuables, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 7 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* meeting \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, Ben-Hadad \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*. \w First|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H0408"\w* what \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*.” 
\p
\v 9 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* second \w command|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
\p \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ben-Hadad’s \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w another|strong="H3254"\w* message \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H0430"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* left \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* city! \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H3254"\w* \w be|strong="H0430"\w* \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* city left \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* find \w any|strong="H3605"\w* souvenirs\f + \fr 20:10  \fk souvenirs \ft Things that help people remember places they have been. Literally, the Hebrew text has “handfuls of dust.”\f* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3254"\w* home. \w May|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* don’t \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*!” 
\p
\v 11 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* Ben-Hadad \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* puts \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* armor \w should|strong="H0559"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w as|strong="H4428"\w* much \w as|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* lives long enough \w to|strong="H0559"\w* take \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w off|strong="H4428"\w*.” 
\p
\v 12 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ben-Hadad \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* tent \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* rulers \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w messengers|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ben-Hadad \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w prepare|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* attack \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* moved \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w places|strong="H0559"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* battle. 
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H0589"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w*? \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 14 \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* use \w to|strong="H0559"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H0859"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* carry \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w weapons|strong="H4421"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* government \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.’” 
\p \w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* main \w army|strong="H4421"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w*.” 
\p
\v 15 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Ahab \w gathered|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* helpers \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* government \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 232 \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king called \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w total|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H6485"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 7000. 
\p
\v 16 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab began \w his|strong="H3318"\w* attack \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* 32 \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* getting \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H8354"\w* tents. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* helpers \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*. King Ben-Hadad’s \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. 
\v 18 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* Ben-Hadad \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w They|strong="H0518"\w* might \w be|strong="H8610"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* might \w be|strong="H8610"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. \w Capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H8610"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* King Ahab \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* first \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w but|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* rest \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* Israel \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* come \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* chariots. 
\v 21 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* army \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w made|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* suffer \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight again \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w spring|strong="H5927"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* careful \w plans|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* defend \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\s1 Ben-Hadad Attacks Again 
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\v 23 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ben-Hadad’s \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*. \w We|strong="H0518"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Israelites won. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w level|strong="H4334"\w* ground, \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* win. 
\v 24 \w Also|strong="H0853"\w*, don’t \w let|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* 32 \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w command|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* armies. \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* commanders \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w charge|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* armies. 
\v 25 Let’s gather \w an|strong="H2388"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* destroyed. Gather \w as|strong="H3651"\w* many \w men|strong="H6213"\w*, \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w level|strong="H4334"\w* ground. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* win.” Ben-Hadad followed \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w advice|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w spring|strong="H5927"\w*, \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* prepared \w for|strong="H0776"\w* war \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* fight \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w They|strong="H0776"\w* \w made|strong="H6485"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Aramean|strong="H0758"\w* soldiers \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, but \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* \w army|strong="H0776"\w* looked \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* small \w flocks|strong="H2835"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*. 
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\v 28 \w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w*: “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w*!’” 
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* armies \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* across \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 100,000 \w Aramean|strong="H0758"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H7273"\w* \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 30 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w survivors|strong="H0376"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* 27,000 \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w those|strong="H0376"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w*. \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* hid \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w*. 
\v 31 \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* merciful. \w Let’s|strong="H4994"\w* dress \w in|strong="H0413"\w* rough cloth \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.\f + \fr 20:31  \fk rough cloth … heads \ft This showed that they were being humble and that they wanted to surrender.\f* \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.” 
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\v 32 \w They|strong="H0559"\w* dressed \w in|strong="H0935"\w* rough cloth \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H0935"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.’” 
\p \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*? \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 20:32  \fk brother \ft People who signed peace agreements often called each other “brother.” It was as if they were one family.\f*” 
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\v 33 Ben-Hadad’s \w men|strong="H0376"\w* wanted \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* something \w to|strong="H0413"\w* show \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* not kill \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w called|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* advisors \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes! \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.” 
\p \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*. \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 34 Ben-Hadad \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* shops \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.” 
\p \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* agree \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* kings \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* King \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* King Ben-Hadad \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H7971"\w*. 
\s1 \w A|strong="H3947"\w* \w Prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w Speaks|strong="H0559"\w* \w Against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* 
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\v 35 \w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, “\w Hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*!” \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w*. \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 36 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* first \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H0559"\w*. \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* place.” \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* second \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w*, \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*. 
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\v 37 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w first|strong="H0312"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!” 
\p \w This|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* hurt \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w*. 
\v 38 \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* wrapped \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* cloth. \w This|strong="H5975"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* no \w one|strong="H4428"\w* could \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* went \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w waited|strong="H5975"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. 
\v 39 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w One|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* enemy \w soldier|strong="H4421"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w runs|strong="H0935"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H8104"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w fine|strong="H3701"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* 75 pounds\f + \fr 20:39  \fk 75 pounds \ft Literally, “1 talent” (34.5 kg).\f* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.’ 
\v 40 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* busy \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H0369"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0369"\w* \w ran|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H0369"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* admitted \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* guilty, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* know \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w answer|strong="H0559"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0369"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*.” 
\p
\v 41 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* cloth \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. 
\v 42 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H7971"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* die. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*—\w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* die!’” 
\p
\v 43 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* worried \w and|strong="H0935"\w* upset. 
\c 21  
\s1 Naboth’s Vineyard 
\p
\v 1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w near|strong="H0681"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w A|strong="H1961"\w* man \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* named \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* owned \w it|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\v 2 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* day \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w vegetable|strong="H3419"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*. \w Or|strong="H0518"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* prefer, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H0001"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* angry \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w upset|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* family’s \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.” \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w away|strong="H5437"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* everyone, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w His|strong="H0935"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* upset? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*?” 
\p
\v 6 \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* Jezreel \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* full \w price|strong="H3701"\w*. \w Or|strong="H0176"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* preferred, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 7 \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* bed \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w something|strong="H3899"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* feel \w better|strong="H3190"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w Naboth’s|strong="H5022"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.” 
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Jezebel \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* some \w letters|strong="H5612"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w signed|strong="H3789"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* used \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w seal|strong="H2368"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w seal|strong="H2368"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* important \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w same|strong="H8034"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*. 
\v 9 This \w is|strong="H7218"\w* what \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*: 
\b
\pi1 “\w Announce|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H5612"\w* be \w a|strong="H7121"\w* day \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5612"\w* eat nothing. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* town \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* meeting. \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* meeting we \w will|strong="H5612"\w* talk about \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*. 
\v 10 Find \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* lies \w about|strong="H4428"\w* Naboth. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* heard Naboth \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w against|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w against|strong="H5048"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* Naboth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* city \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w stones|strong="H5619"\w*.” 
\b
\p
\v 11 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* important \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Jezreel obeyed \w the|strong="H0834"\w* command. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* announced \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* would be \w a|strong="H7121"\w* day \w when|strong="H3427"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* would eat nothing. \w On|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* day \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* meeting. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* put \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* special place before \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* heard \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w against|strong="H5048"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* leaders \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*: “\w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* has been \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
\p
\v 15 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w*, \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, “\w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* wanted.” 
\v 16 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\p
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* Tishbe: 
\v 18 “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Naboth’s|strong="H5022"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* own. 
\v 19 \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*! \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w killed|strong="H7523"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* man \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* taking \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w licked|strong="H3952"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lick|strong="H3952"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w well|strong="H1571"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 20 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*. \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* saw \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Well, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* again!” 
\p \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="H3282"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* again \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. 
\v 21 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H0935"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* says \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* something \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* happen \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w every|strong="H8366"\w* male \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* family. 
\v 22 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* destroy \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* King \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* King \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* do \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.’ 
\v 23 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*: ‘\w Dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* body \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H3157"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*. 
\v 24 \w As|strong="H0398"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w family|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w whoever|strong="H4191"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w*, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w whoever|strong="H4191"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w by|strong="H4191"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*.’” 
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w* \w out|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* says \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H0834"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\v 26 Ahab \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* terrible sin \w of|strong="H1121"\w* worshiping \w those|strong="H3605"\w* filthy \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* Elijah \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w show|strong="H7760"\w* how sad \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w refused|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* eat. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* sad \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w upset|strong="H1697"\w*. 
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\v 28 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* Tishbe, 
\v 29 “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* happen \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w lifetime|strong="H3117"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* wait \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* destroy \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.” 
\c 22  
\s1 Micaiah Warns King Ahab 
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\v 1 \w For|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* next \w two|strong="H3427"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* peace \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w visit|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, “Remember \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*? \w That|strong="H3588"\w* city \w is|strong="H3027"\w* ours, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2814"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w back|strong="H3045"\w*?” 
\v 4 \w So|strong="H3644"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H0413"\w* join \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* go \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Arameans \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*?” 
\p \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w you|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w*—\w my|strong="H0854"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H0854"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* yours. 
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w advice|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w called|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* meeting \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* 400 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, “\w Should|strong="H0376"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Arameans \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.” 
\p
\v 7 \w But|strong="H0369"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Doesn’t \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*? Let’s \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* question.” 
\p
\v 8 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imlah|strong="H3229"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w speaks|strong="H0559"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* always \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w*.” 
\p \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*!” 
\p
\v 9 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w officers|strong="H5631"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* go \w and|strong="H1121"\w* find \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*. 
\p
\v 10 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H3427"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w*, \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w robes|strong="H0899"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* judgment \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* standing \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*. 
\v 11 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* prophets \w was|strong="H3068"\w* named \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kenaanah|strong="H3668"\w*. \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H0428"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w*\f + \fr 22:11  \fk iron horns \ft These were a symbol of great strength.\f* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H3615"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* fight against \w the|strong="H0853"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.’” 
\v 12 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* agreed \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Zedekiah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* march \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* fight \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arameans \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w win|strong="H6743"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* battle. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
\p
\v 13 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* happening, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* officer \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* find \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* found \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* officer \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w All|strong="H0259"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w succeed|strong="H4994"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H1980"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w same|strong="H0259"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
\p
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* only \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*.” 
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\v 15 \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stood|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, \w should|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Arameans \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w*?” 
\p \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*! \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* city.” 
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*? \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*?” 
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w lead|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: ‘\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* leaders. \w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.’” 
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w See|strong="H0518"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*! \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H0559"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* always \w says|strong="H0559"\w* something \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*: \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* heaven’s \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*. 
\v 20 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Which|strong="H4310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* fool \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* attacking \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Arameans \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w*?’ \w The|strong="H0853"\w* angels discussed many different plans. 
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*\f + \fr 22:21  \fk a spirit \ft Or “the Spirit.”\f* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fool \w him|strong="H0413"\w*!’ \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘How \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H0589"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*?’ 
\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Ahab’s \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.’ \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Yes|strong="H1571"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* fool \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.’” 
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\v 23 “\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* happened \w here|strong="H2009"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* himself decided \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w went|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* face. \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “How \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* left \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?” 
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\v 25 \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* happen! \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* secret \w room|strong="H2315"\w* somewhere hiding.” 
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w ordered|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* arrest \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Arrest \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*. 
\v 27 \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w*. \w Give|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* nothing \w but|strong="H0935"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w Keep|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* battle.” 
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\v 28 \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*! \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* alive \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* battle, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.” 
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Battle \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Ramoth Gilead 
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\v 29 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* fight \w the|strong="H5927"\w* Arameans \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. 
\v 30 \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w Disguise|strong="H2664"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0859"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w but|strong="H0859"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* own \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w disguise|strong="H2664"\w* myself.” \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w dressed|strong="H3847"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* ordinary \w soldier|strong="H4421"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* 32 \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* go \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w except|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* matter \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\v 32 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* kill \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w shouting|strong="H2199"\w*. 
\v 33 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*. 
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* soldier \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* distance \w pulled|strong="H4900"\w* \w back|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H0376"\w* far \w as|strong="H0376"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H0376"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w shot|strong="H4900"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* arrow \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* air. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* arrow happened \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* small hole where \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w armor|strong="H8302"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* fastened together. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w* \w driver|strong="H7395"\w*, “I’ve been \w hit|strong="H5221"\w*! \w Turn|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w off|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* battlefield!” 
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\v 35 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* armies \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w propped|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* leaning \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* sides \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, \w looking|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w ran|strong="H3332"\w* \w down|strong="H3332"\w* \w onto|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* floor \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*. \w Later|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 36 \w At|strong="H0413"\w* sunset \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Israelites cheered \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w*. \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* hometowns. 
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\v 37 \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H4191"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* how \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. Some men \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* there. 
\v 38 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* large \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* clean \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w licked|strong="H3952"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* Ahab’s \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w while|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2185"\w* \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 39 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \bk \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*\bk*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* tells \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* decorate \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 40 \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* buried \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. \w His|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* next \w king|strong="H4427"\w* after \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
\s1 Summary \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoshaphat’s \w Rule|strong="H4427"\w* 
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\v 41 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w fourth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 42 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 35 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H3389"\w* 25 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3092"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Azubah|strong="H5806"\w*, \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shilhi|strong="H7977"\w*. 
\v 43 \w Like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, Jehoshaphat \w was|strong="H3068"\w* good \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* wanted, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w places|strong="H3605"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* continued \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifices \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burning incense \w there|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 44 Jehoshaphat \w made|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H2076"\w* peace agreement \w with|strong="H1116"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* king \w of|strong="H1116"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 45 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* very brave \w and|strong="H3478"\w* fought many wars. \w The|strong="H5973"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H7999"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* did \w is|strong="H4428"\w* written \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* book, \bk \+w The|strong="H5973"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* Judah\bk*. 
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\v 46 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* forced \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* women \w who|strong="H0834"\w* sold \w their|strong="H1992"\w* bodies \w for|strong="H5921"\w* sex \w to|strong="H5921"\w* leave \w the|strong="H0834"\w* places \w of|strong="H4428"\w* worship. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* served \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* places \w of|strong="H4428"\w* worship \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father Asa \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 47 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* Edom \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H0776"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* king; \w it|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* ruled \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* governor \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* chosen \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* king \w of|strong="H0776"\w* Judah. 
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\v 48 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoshaphat built some cargo ships. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* wanted \w the|strong="H5324"\w* ships \w to|strong="H0369"\w* sail \w to|strong="H0369"\w* Ophir \w for|strong="H4428"\w* gold, \w but|strong="H0369"\w* \w they|strong="H0369"\w* \w never|strong="H0369"\w* went \w there|strong="H0369"\w*—\w they|strong="H0369"\w* \w were|strong="H0369"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0369"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H0369"\w* home port \w at|strong="H4428"\w* Ezion Geber. 
\v 49 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* King Ahaziah \w of|strong="H0591"\w* Israel offered \w to|strong="H1980"\w* put some \w of|strong="H0591"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* own sailors \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*,\f + \fr 22:49  \fk King Ahaziah … ships \ft Jehoshaphat controlled the port of Ezion Geber which was Israel’s only way to the Red Sea and the coasts of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the coasts leading to the Persian Gulf and India. Ahaziah thought he could get control of that area by “helping” Jehoshaphat.\f* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* accept \w his|strong="H3588"\w* help. 
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\v 50 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* buried \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* ancestors \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* City \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoram became \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w next|strong="H0413"\w* king. 
\s1 \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, King \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel 
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\v 51 Ahaziah \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel during \w the|strong="H8478"\w* 17th year \w that|strong="H1732"\w* \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* Judah. Ahaziah \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* Samaria \w for|strong="H8478"\w* two years. 
\v 52 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* sinned \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* LORD just \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* parents, \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jezebel, did. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* caused \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* sin just \w as|strong="H1121"\w* Jeroboam \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Nabat did. 
\v 53 Ahaziah served \w the|strong="H0853"\w* false \w god|strong="H3068"\w* Baal \w and|strong="H1121"\w* worshiped \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w things|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, angry. 