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-\v 31 Everything else that Nadab did is written in the book of the events of the Kings of Israel.
+\v 31 Everything else that Nadab did is written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
 \v 32 There were wars between the armies of King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled.
 
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 \v 2 "You were very insignificant when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israelite people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
 
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-\v 3 So now I will get rid of you and your family. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
+\v 3 So now I will get rid of you and your family. I will do to you just as I did to Jeroboam and his family.
 \v 4 The bodies of those in your family who die in this city will not be buried. They will be eaten by dogs, and the bodies of those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures."
 
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-\v 5 The other things that Baasha did during the time that he ruled Israel, and the great things that his army did, are written in Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel.
+\v 5 The other things that Baasha did during the time that he ruled Israel and the great things that his army did are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
 \v 6 When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, the capital city. Then his son Elah became king.
 
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 \v 8 After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost twenty-six years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for only two years.
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-\v 9 A man named Zimri was one of Elah's army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah's army's chariots. He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of a man named Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king's palace.
+\v 9 A man named Zimri was one of Elah's army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah's army's chariots. He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk at the house of a man named Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king's palace.
 \v 10 Zimri went into Arza's house and killed Elah. Then he became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for twenty-seven years.
 
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 \v 11 As soon as Zimri became king, he killed all of Baasha's family. He killed every male in Baasha's family and all of Baasha's male friends.
 \v 12 So he got rid of all of Baasha's family. That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
-\v 13 Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and induced the Israelite people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israelite people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people to worship worthless idols.
+\v 13 Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and induced the Israelite people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israelite people worshiped, to become angry because they both urged the people to worship worthless idols.
 
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-\v 14 Everything else that Elah did is written in Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel.
+\v 14 Everything else that Elah did is written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
 
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-\v 15 So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for twenty-seven years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israelite army was beseiging Gibeah, a town that belonged to the Philistine people.
-\v 16 The men in the Israelite army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
-\v 17 The Israelite army was camped near Gibbethon. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
+\v 15 So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for twenty-seven years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israelite army was besieging Gibeah, a town that belonged to the Philistine people.
+\v 16 The men in the Israelite army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
+\v 17 The Israelite army was camped near Gibbethon. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah and surrounded the city.
 
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 \v 18 When Zimri realized that the city was about to be captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died in the fire.
-\v 19 He died because he had sinned by doing many things that Yahweh said were evil. Jeroboam had induced the Israelite people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
+\v 19 He died because he had sinned by doing many things that Yahweh said were evil. Jeroboam had induced the Israelite people to sin, and Zimri sinned just as Jeroboam had sinned.
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-\v 20 All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled against King Elah, are written in Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel.
+\v 20 All the other things that Zimri did and the record of how he rebelled against King Elah are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
 
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-\v 21 After Zimri died, the Israelite people were divided among themselves. One group wanted Tibni son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri to be the king.
+\v 21 After Zimri died, the Israelite people were divided among themselves. One group wanted Tibni son of Ginath to be their king. The other group wanted Omri to be the king.
 \v 22 Those who supported Omri were stronger than those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
 
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-\v 23 Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost thirty-one years. Omri ruled Israel for twelve years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
-\v 24 Then he bought a hill from a man named Shemer and paid him about sixty-six kilograms of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
+\v 23 Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost thirty-one years. Omri ruled Israel for twelve years. For the first six years, he ruled in Tirzah.
+\v 24 Then he bought a hill from a man named Shemer and paid him about sixty-six kilograms of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
 
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 \v 25 But Omri did many things that Yahweh said were evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
-\v 26 When Jeroboam was previously the king, he had induced the Israelite people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israelite people caused Yahweh, the God the Israelite people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
+\v 26 When Jeroboam was previously the king, he had induced the Israelite people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israelite people caused Yahweh, the God the Israelite people had worshiped, to become very angry because they worshiped worthless idols.
 
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-\v 27 Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his army won, are written in Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel.
+\v 27 Everything that Omri did and the record of the victories that his army won are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
 \v 28 After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
 
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 \v 31 He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married a woman named Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the city of Sidon. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, the god that the Canaanite people worshiped.
-\v 32 He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israelite people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for making sacrifices to Baal.
+\v 32 He built a temple in Samaria so that the Israelite people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for making sacrifices to Baal.
 \v 33 He also made an idol that represented Asherah, Baal's wife. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
 
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-\v 1 Elijah was a prophet who lived in the city of Tishbe in the region of Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said to him, "Yahweh is the God whom we Israelites worship and the God whom I worship and serve. Just as certainly as Yahweh lives, there will be no dew or rain for the next few years, unless I command it to fall."
+\v 1 Elijah was a prophet who lived in the city of Tishbe in the region of Gilead. One day, he went to King Ahab and said to him, "Yahweh is the God whom we Israelites worship and the God whom I worship and serve. Just as certainly as Yahweh lives, there will be no dew or rain for the next few years unless I command it to fall."
 
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 \v 2 Then Yahweh said to Elijah,
-\v 3 "Because you have made the king angry with you, escape from the king and, go to the east, to the Kerith Brook, east of where it flows into the Jordan River.
-\v 4 You will be able to drink water from the brook, and you will be able to eat what the crows bring to you, because I have commanded them to bring food to you."
+\v 3 "Because you have made the king angry with you, escape from the king and go to the east, to the Kerith Brook, east of where it flows into the Jordan River.
+\v 4 You will be able to drink water from the brook, and you will be able to eat what the crows bring to you because I have commanded them to bring food to you."
 
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 \v 5 So Elijah did what Yahweh commanded him to do. He went and camped alongside Kerith Brook.
-\v 6 Crows bought bread and meat to him every morning and every evening, and he drank water from the brook.
+\v 6 Crows brought bread and meat to him every morning and every evening, and he drank water from the brook.
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-\v 7 But after a while, the water in the brook dried up, because rain did not fall anywhere in the land.
+\v 7 But after a while, the water in the brook dried up because rain did not fall anywhere in the land.
 
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 \v 8 Then Yahweh said to Elijah,
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 \v 11 While she was going to get it, he called out to her, "Bring me a piece of bread, too!"
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-\v 12 But she replied, "Your God knows that what I am telling you is true. I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little olive oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to make a fire and cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die from hunger."
+\v 12 But she replied, "Your God knows that what I am telling you is true. I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to make a fire and cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die from hunger."
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 \v 13 But Elijah said to her, "Do not be worried! Go home and do what you said that you were going to do. But first, bake me a little loaf of bread and bring it to me. After you do that, take what is left and prepare some food for you and your son.
 
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-\v 14 I know that you will be able to do that, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says this, 'There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!'"
+\v 14 I know that you will be able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says this, 'There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!'"
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-\v 15 So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day,
-\v 16 because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen.
+\v 15 So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day
+\v 16 because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just as Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen.
 
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-\v 5 By this time, the famine had become very severe in Samaria. So Ahab summoned Obadiah and said to him, "We must look near every spring and in every valley to see if we can find enough grass to give to some of my horses and mules, so that they will not all die."
+\v 5 By this time, the famine had become very severe in Samaria. So Ahab summoned Obadiah and said to him, "We must look near every spring and in every valley to see if we can find enough grass to give to some of my horses and mules so that they will not all die."
 \v 6 So they both started walking through the land. Obadiah went by himself in one direction, and Ahab went in another direction by himself.
 
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-\v 7 While Obadiah was walking along, he saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized Elijah and bowed down in front of him and said, "Is it really you, Elijah, my master?"
+\v 7 While Obadiah was walking along, he saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized Elijah and bowed down in front of him and said, "Is it really you, Elijah my master?"
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 \v 8 Elijah replied, "Yes. Now go and tell Ahab your master that I am here."
 
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 \v 11 Now you say to me, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here!'
 
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-\v 12 But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you away, and I will not know where he will take you. So when I tell Ahab that you are here and he comes to me and he does not find you here, he will kill me! But I do not deserve to die because I have revered Yahweh since I was a boy.
+\v 12 But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you away, and I will not know where he will take you. So when I tell Ahab that you are here and he comes to me and he does not find you here, he will kill me! But I do not deserve to die, because I have revered Yahweh since I was a boy.
 \v 13 My master, have you not heard about what I did when Jezebel wanted to kill all of Yahweh's prophets? I hid a hundred of them in two caves and took food and water to them.
 
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-\v 14 Now, sir, you say, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here.' But if I do that, and he comes and you are not here, he will kill me!"
+\v 14 Now, sir, you say, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here.' But if I do that and he comes and you are not here, he will kill me!"
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 \v 15 But Elijah replied, "Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the one whom I serve, knows that I am telling the truth as I solemnly declare that I will go to meet with Ahab today."
 
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-\v 25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "You call to Baal first, because there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare it, and then call to your god. But do not light a fire under the wood!"
-\v 26 So they killed one of the bulls and cut it up and placed the pieces on the altar. Then they called out to Baal all morning. They shouted, "Baal, answer us!" But no one answered. There was no reply at all .
+\v 25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "You call to Baal first, because there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare it and then call to your god. But do not light a fire under the wood!"
+\v 26 So they killed one of the bulls and cut it up and placed the pieces on the altar. Then they called out to Baal all morning. They shouted, "Baal, answer us!" But no one answered. There was no reply at all.
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 \v 27 About noontime, Elijah started to make fun of them. He said, "Surely Baal is a god, so it seems that you must shout louder! Perhaps he is thinking about something, or perhaps he has gone to the toilet. Or perhaps he is traveling somewhere, or perhaps he is asleep and you need to wake him up!"
-\v 28 So they shouted louder. Then, doing one of the things that they frequently did when they worshiped Baal, they slashed themselves with knives and swords until a lot of blood flowed.
-\v 29 They continued calling out to Baal all afternoon. But there was no voice that gave a reply, no answer, no god who paid attention.
+\v 28 So they shouted louder. Then, doing one of the things that they frequently did when they worshiped Baal, they slashed themselves with knives and swords until much blood flowed.
+\v 29 They continued calling out to Baal all afternoon. But there was no voice that gave a reply, no answer, and no god who paid attention.
 
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 \v 30 Then Elijah called to the people saying, "Come closer!" So they all crowded around him. Then Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh that had been ruined by the prophets of Baal.
-\v 31 Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes, whose ancestors were the twelve sons of Jacob.
+\v 31 Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes whose ancestors were the twelve sons of Jacob.
 \v 32 With these stones he rebuilt Yahweh's altar. Then around the altar he dug a little ditch that was large enough to hold about fifteen liters of water.
 
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-\v 36 When it was time to offer the evening sacrifices, Elijah walked close to the altar and prayed. He said, "Yahweh, you who are the God that our ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, prove today that you are the God whom the Israelite people should worship, and prove that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all these things because you told me to do them.
-\v 37 Yahweh, answer me! Answer me in order that these people will know that you, Yahweh, are God and that you have caused them to trust in you again!"
+\v 36 When it was time to offer the evening sacrifices, Elijah walked close to the altar and prayed. He said, "Yahweh, you who are the God that our ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, prove today that you are the God whom the Israelite people should worship and prove that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all these things because you told me to do them.
+\v 37 Yahweh, answer me! Answer me so that these people will know that you, Yahweh, are God and that you have caused them to trust in you again!"
 
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 \v 39 When the people saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted, "Yahweh is God! Yahweh is God!"
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-\v 40 Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize all the prophets of Baal! Do not allow any of them to escape!" So the people seized all the prophets of Baal, and took them down the mountain to the river Kishon, and Elijah killed them all there.
+\v 40 Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize all the prophets of Baal! Do not allow any of them to escape!" So the people seized all the prophets of Baal and took them down the mountain to the river Kishon, and Elijah killed them all there.
 
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-\v 43 Then he said to his servant, "Go and look out toward the sea, to see if there are any rain clouds." So his servant went and looked, and came back and said, "I do not see anything." This happened seven times.
+\v 43 Then he said to his servant, "Go and look out toward the sea to see if there are any rain clouds." So his servant went and looked and came back and said, "I do not see anything." This happened seven times.
 \v 44 But when the servant went the seventh time, he came back and said, "I saw a very small cloud above the sea. As I extend my arm, the cloud is about the size of my hand."
 \p Then Elijah shouted to him, "Go and tell King Ahab to get his chariot ready and go home immediately! If he does not do that, the rain will stop him!"
 
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-\v 45 Very soon the sky was full of black clouds. There was a strong wind, and then it began to rain very hard. Ahab got into his chariot and started to return to the city of Jezreel.
+\v 45 Very soon the sky was full of black clouds. There was a strong wind and then it began to rain very hard. Ahab got into his chariot and started to return to the city of Jezreel.
 \v 46 Yahweh gave extra strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt in order to run fast, and he ran ahead of Ahab's chariot all the way to Jezreel.
 
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 \v 1 When Ahab got home, he told his wife Jezebel what Elijah had done. He told her that Elijah had killed all the prophets of Baal.
-\v 2 So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah, "By this time tomorrow I will have killed you, just like you killed all those prophets of Baal. If I do not do that, I hope the gods will kill me."
+\v 2 So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: "By this time tomorrow I will have killed you, just as you killed all those prophets of Baal. If I do not do that, I hope the gods will kill me."
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-\v 3 When Elijah received her message, he was afraid. So taking his servant with him, he fled in order that he would not be killed. He went far south to Beersheba, in Judah. He left his servant there.
+\v 3 When Elijah received her message, he was afraid. So taking his servant with him, he fled so that he would not be killed. He went far south to Beersheba, in Judah. He left his servant there.
 
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 \v 4 Then he went by himself further south into the desert. He walked all day. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that Yahweh would allow him to die. He said, "Yahweh, I cannot endure anymore. So allow me to die, because for me to live is no better than being with my ancestors who have died."
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 \v 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and slept. But while he was sleeping, an angel touched him and woke him up and said to him, "Get up and eat some food!"
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-\v 6 Elijah looked around and saw some bread which had been baked on hot stones, and he also saw a jar of water. So he ate some bread and drank some water and lay down to sleep again.
+\v 6 Elijah looked around and saw some bread that had been baked on hot stones, and he also saw a jar of water. So he ate some bread and drank some water and lay down to sleep again.
 
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-\v 7 Then the angel who had been sent by Yahweh came again and touched him, and said, "Get up and eat some more food, because you need more strength to go on a long journey."
+\v 7 Then the angel who had been sent by Yahweh came again and touched him and said, "Get up and eat some more food, because you need more strength to go on a long journey."
 \v 8 So he got up and ate and drank some more; because he did that, he got enough strength to travel for forty days and nights to Mount Horeb, the mountain that was dedicated to God.
 
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 \v 13 When Elijah heard that, he wrapped his cloak around his face. He went out of the cave and stood at its entrance. And he heard Yahweh speaking to him, saying again, "Elijah, why are you here?"
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-\v 14 He replied again, "I have zealously served you, Yahweh, commander of angel armies. But the Israelite people have rejected the agreement that they made with you. They have torn down your altars, and they have killed all of your prophets. I am the only one whom they have not killed, and now they are trying to kill me, too. So I am running away from them."
+\v 14 He replied again, "I have zealously served you, Yahweh, commander of angel armies. But the Israelite people have rejected the agreement that they made with you. They have torn down your altars, and they have killed all of your prophets. I am the only one whom they have not killed, and now they are also trying to kill me. So I am running away from them."
 
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-\v 15 Then Yahweh told him, "Go back to the wilderness near Damascus. When you arrive there anoint with olive oil a man named Hazael, to appoint him to be the king of Aram.
+\v 15 Then Yahweh told him, "Go back to the wilderness near Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint with olive oil a man named Hazael to appoint him to be the king of Aram.
 \v 16 Then anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be the king of Israel, and also anoint Elisha son of Shaphat, from the city of Abel Meholah, to become my prophet after you are gone.
 
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-\v 19 So Elijah went to Aram and found Elisha as he was plowing a field with a team of oxen. There were eleven other men who were in front of him, plowing with teams of oxen in the same field. Elijah went to Elisha, and took off his own coat and put it on Elisha, to show Elisha that he wanted Elisha to take his place as a prophet. Then he started to walk away.
-\v 20 Elisha left the oxen standing there and ran after Elijah, and said to him, "I will go with you, but first let me kiss my parents goodbye."
+\v 19 So Elijah went to Aram and found Elisha as he was plowing a field with a team of oxen. There were eleven other men who were in front of him, plowing with teams of oxen in the same field. Elijah went to Elisha and took off his own coat and put it on Elisha, to show Elisha that he wanted Elisha to take his place as a prophet. Then he started to walk away.
+\v 20 Elisha left the oxen standing there and ran after Elijah and said to him, "I will go with you, but first let me kiss my parents goodbye."
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