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1. Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
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1. And they continued H3427 three H7969 years H8141 without H369 war H4421 between H996 Syria H758 and Israel H3478 .
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2. Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.
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2. And it came to pass H1961 in the third H7992 year H8141 , that Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 came down H3381 to H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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3. And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
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3. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto H413 his servants H5650 , Know H3045 ye that H3588 Ramoth in Gilead H7433 is ours , and we H587 be still H2814 , and take H4480 H3947 it not out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the king H4428 of Syria H758 ?
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4. So he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
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4. And he said H559 unto H413 Jehoshaphat H3092 , Wilt thou go H1980 with H854 me to battle H4421 to Ramoth H7433 -gilead? And Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 to H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , I am as thou art , my people H5971 as thy people H5971 , my horses H5483 as thy horses H5483 .
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5. Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire for the word of the LORD today."
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5. And Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 unto H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , Inquire H1875 , I pray thee H4994 , at H853 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 today H3117 .
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6. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?" So they said, "Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."
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6. Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 gathered the prophets together H6908 H853 H5030 , about four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 , and said H559 unto H413 them , Shall I go H1980 against H5921 Ramoth H7433 -gilead to battle H4421 , or H518 shall I forbear H2308 ? And they said H559 , Go up H5927 ; for the Lord H136 shall deliver H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 .
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7. And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?"
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7. And Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 , Is there not H369 here H6311 a prophet H5030 of the LORD H3068 besides H5750 , that we might inquire H1875 of H4480 H854 him?
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8. So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say such things!"
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8. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto H413 Jehoshaphat H3092 , There is yet H5750 one H259 man H376 , Micaiah H4321 the son H1121 of Imlah H3229 , by H4480 H854 whom we may inquire H1875 of H853 the LORD H3068 : but I H589 hate H8130 him; for H3588 he doth not H3808 prophesy H5012 good H2896 concerning H5921 me, but H3588 H518 evil H7451 . And Jehoshaphat H3092 said H559 , Let not H408 the king H4428 say H559 so H3651 .
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9. Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!"
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9. Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 called H7121 H413 an H259 officer H5631 , and said H559 , Hasten H4116 hither Micaiah H4321 the son H1121 of Imlah H3229 .
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10. The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
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10. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 sat H3427 each H376 on H5921 his throne H3678 , having put on H3847 their robes H899 , in a void place H1637 in the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 of Samaria H8111 ; and all H3605 the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 before H6440 them.
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11. Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'With these you shall gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.' "
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11. And Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 made H6213 him horns H7161 of iron H1270 : and he said H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , With these H428 shalt thou push H5055 H853 the Syrians H758 , until H5704 thou have consumed H3615 them.
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12. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king's hand."
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12. And all H3605 the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 so H3651 , saying H559 , Go up H5927 to Ramoth H7433 -gilead , and prosper H6743 : for the LORD H3068 shall deliver H5414 it into the king H4428 's hand H3027 .
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13. Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Please, let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak encouragement."
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13. And the messenger H4397 that H834 was gone H1980 to call H7121 Micaiah H4321 spoke H1696 unto H413 him, saying H559 , Behold H2009 now H4994 , the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 declare good H2896 unto H413 the king H4428 with one H259 mouth H6310 : let thy word H1697 , I pray thee H4994 , be H1961 like the word H1697 of one H259 of them H4480 , and speak H1696 that which is good H2896 .
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14. And Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak."
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14. And Micaiah H4321 said H559 , As the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , what H834 the LORD H3068 saith H559 unto H413 me , that will I speak H1696 .
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15. Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain?" And he answered him, "Go and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king!"
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15. So he came H935 to H413 the king H4428 . And the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 him, Micaiah H4321 , shall we go H1980 against H413 Ramoth H7433 -gilead to battle H4421 , or H518 shall we forbear H2308 ? And he answered H559 H413 him, Go H5927 , and prosper H6743 : for the LORD H3068 shall deliver H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 .
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16. So the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"
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16. And the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 him, How H5704 many H4100 times H6471 shall I H589 adjure H7650 thee that H834 thou tell H1696 H413 me nothing H3808 but H7535 that which is true H571 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 ?
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17. Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.' "
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17. And he said H559 , I saw H7200 H853 all H3605 Israel H3478 scattered H6327 upon H413 the hills H2022 , as sheep H6629 that H834 have not H369 a shepherd H7462 : and the LORD H3068 said H559 , These H428 have no H3808 master H113 : let them return H7725 every man H376 to his house H1004 in peace H7965 .
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18. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
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18. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto H413 Jehoshaphat H3092 , Did I not H3808 tell H559 H413 thee that he would prophesy H5012 no H3808 good H2896 concerning H5921 me, but H3588 H518 evil H7451 ?
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19. Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left.
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19. And he said H559 , Hear H8085 thou therefore H3651 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 : I saw H7200 H853 the LORD H3068 sitting H3427 on H5921 his throne H3678 , and all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 standing H5975 by H5921 him on his right hand H4480 H3225 and on his left H4480 H8040 .
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20. "And the LORD said, 'Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?' So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.
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20. And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Who H4310 shall persuade H6601 H853 Ahab H256 , that he may go up H5927 and fall H5307 at Ramoth H7433 -gilead? And one H2088 said H559 on this manner H3541 , and another H2088 said H559 on that manner H3541 .
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21. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will persuade him.'
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21. And there came forth H3318 a spirit H7307 , and stood H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , I H589 will persuade H6601 him.
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22. "The LORD said to him, 'In what way?' So he said, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the LORD said, 'You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.'
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22. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 him, Wherewith H4100 ? And he said H559 , I will go forth H3318 , and I will be H1961 a lying H8267 spirit H7307 in the mouth H6310 of all H3605 his prophets H5030 . And he said H559 , Thou shalt persuade H6601 him , and prevail H3201 also H1571 : go forth H3318 , and do H6213 so H3651 .
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23. "Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you."
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23. Now H6258 therefore, behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 hath put H5414 a lying H8267 spirit H7307 in the mouth H6310 of all H3605 these H428 thy prophets H5030 , and the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 evil H7451 concerning H5921 thee.
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24. Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak to you?"
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24. But Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 went near H5066 , and smote H5221 H853 Micaiah H4321 on H5921 the cheek H3895 , and said H559 , Which H335 way H2088 went H5674 the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 from H4480 H854 me to speak H1696 unto H854 thee?
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25. And Micaiah said, "Indeed, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!"
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25. And Micaiah H4321 said H559 , Behold H2009 , thou shalt see H7200 in that H1931 day H3117 , when H834 thou shalt go into H935 an inner H2315 chamber H2315 to hide thyself H2247 .
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26. So the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son;
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26. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 , Take H3947 H853 Micaiah H4321 , and carry him back H7725 unto H413 Amon H526 the governor H8269 of the city H5892 , and to H413 Joash H3101 the king H4428 's son H1121 ;
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27. "and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace." ' "
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27. And say H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 , Put H7760 H853 this H2088 fellow in the prison H1004 H3608 , and feed H398 him with bread H3899 of affliction H3906 and with water H4325 of affliction H3906 , until H5704 I come H935 in peace H7965 .
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28. But Micaiah said, "If you ever return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Take heed, all you people!"
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28. And Micaiah H4321 said H559 , If H518 thou return at all H7725 H7725 in peace H7965 , the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 spoken H1696 by me . And he said H559 , Hearken H8085 , O people H5971 , every H3605 one of you.
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29. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
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29. So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 went up H5927 to Ramoth H7433 -gilead.
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30. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
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30. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto H413 Jehoshaphat H3092 , I will disguise myself H2664 , and enter H935 into the battle H4421 ; but put H3847 thou H859 on thy robes H899 . And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 disguised himself H2664 , and went H935 into the battle H4421 .
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31. Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel."
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31. But the king H4428 of Syria H758 commanded H6680 H853 his H834 thirty H7970 and two H8147 captains that had rule over H8269 his H834 chariots H7393 , saying H559 , Fight H3898 neither H3808 with H854 small H6996 nor great H1419 , save H3588 H518 only H905 with H854 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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32. So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "Surely it is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.
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32. And it came to pass H1961 , when the captains H8269 of the chariots H7393 saw H7200 H853 Jehoshaphat H3092 , that they H1992 said H559 , Surely H389 it H1931 is the king H4428 of Israel H3478 . And they turned aside H5493 to fight H3898 against H5921 him : and Jehoshaphat H3092 cried out H2199 .
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33. And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
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33. And it came to pass H1961 , when the captains H8269 of the chariots H7393 perceived H7200 that H3588 it H1931 was not H3808 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , that they turned back H7725 from pursuing H4480 H310 him.
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34. Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded."
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34. And a certain man H376 drew H4900 a bow H7198 at a venture H8537 , and smote H5221 H853 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 between H996 the joints H1694 of the harness H8302 : wherefore he said H559 unto the driver of his chariot H7395 , Turn H2015 thine hand H3027 , and carry me out H3318 of H4480 the host H4264 ; for H3588 I am wounded H2470 .
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35. The battle increased that day; and the king was propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out from the wound onto the floor of the chariot.
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35. And the battle H4421 increased H5927 that H1931 day H3117 : and the king H4428 was H1961 stayed up H5975 in his chariot H4818 against H5227 the Syrians H758 , and died H4191 at even H6153 : and the blood H1818 ran out H3332 of the wound H4347 into H413 the midst H2436 of the chariot H7393 .
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36. Then, as the sun was going down, a shout went throughout the army, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his own country!"
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36. And there went H5674 a proclamation H7440 throughout the host H4264 about the going down H935 of the sun H8121 , saying H559 , Every man H376 to H413 his city H5892 , and every man H376 to H413 his own country H776 .
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37. So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
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37. So the king H4428 died H4191 , and was brought H935 to Samaria H8111 ; and they buried H6912 H853 the king H4428 in Samaria H8111 .
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38. Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while the harlots bathed, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken.
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38. And one washed H7857 H853 the chariot H7393 in H5921 the pool H1295 of Samaria H8111 ; and the dogs H3611 licked up H3952 H853 his blood H1818 ; and they washed H7364 his armor H2185 ; according unto the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he spoke H1696 .
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39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, the ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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39. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Ahab H256 , and all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 , and the ivory H8127 house H1004 which H834 he made H1129 , and all H3605 the cities H5892 that H834 he built H1129 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 ?
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40. So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
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40. So Ahab H256 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 ; and Ahaziah H274 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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41. Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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41. And Jehoshaphat H3092 the son H1121 of Asa H609 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 in the fourth H702 year H8141 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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42. Jehoshaphat H3092 was thirty H7970 and five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 twenty H6242 and five H2568 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Azubah H5806 the daughter H1323 of Shilhi H7977 .
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43. And he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
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43. And he walked H1980 in all H3605 the ways H1870 of Asa H609 his father H1 ; he turned not aside H3808 H5493 from H4480 it, doing H6213 that which was right H3477 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 : nevertheless H389 the high places H1116 were not H3808 taken away H5493 ; for the people H5971 offered H2076 and burnt incense H6999 yet H5750 in the high places H1116 .
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44. Also Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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44. And Jehoshaphat H3092 made peace H7999 with H5973 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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45. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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45. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jehoshaphat H3092 , and his might H1369 that H834 he showed H6213 , and how H834 he warred H3898 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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46. And the rest of the perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.
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46. And the remnant H3499 of the sodomites H6945 , which H834 remained H7604 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Asa H609 , he took H1197 out of H4480 the land H776 .
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47. There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.
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47. There was then no H369 king H4428 in Edom H123 : a deputy H5324 was king H4428 .
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48. Jehoshaphat made merchant ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
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48. Jehoshaphat H3092 made H6213 ships H591 of Tharshish H8659 to go H1980 to Ophir H211 for gold H2091 : but they went H1980 not H3808 ; for H3588 the ships H591 were broken H7665 at Ezion H6100 -geber.
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49. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat would not.
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49. Then H227 said H559 Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 unto H413 Jehoshaphat H3092 , Let my servants H5650 go H1980 with H5973 thy servants H5650 in the ships H591 . But Jehoshaphat H3092 would H14 not H3808 .
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50. And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
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50. And Jehoshaphat H3092 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and was buried H6912 with H5973 his fathers H1 in the city H5892 of David H1732 his father H1 : and Jehoram H3088 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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51. Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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51. Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 the seventeenth H7651 H6240 year H8141 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and reigned H4427 two years H8141 over H5921 Israel H3478 .
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52. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin;
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52. And he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and walked H1980 in the way H1870 of his father H1 , and in the way H1870 of his mother H517 , and in the way H1870 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 , who H834 made Israel to sin H2398 H853 H3478 :
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53. for he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.
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53. For he served H5647 H853 Baal H1168 , and worshiped H7812 him , and provoked to anger H3707 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , according to all H3605 that H834 his father H1 had done H6213 .
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