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[
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{
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"title": "gave him a lamp in Jerusalem",
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"body": "The word \"lamp\" here represents a descendant who would be king as David was. AT: \"gave David a descendant to rule in Jerusalem\" (See: figs_metaphor)"
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},
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{
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"title": "by raising up his son after him",
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"body": "\"by raising up Abijah's son after him\" or \"by giving Abijah a son\""
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},
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{
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"title": "what was right in his eyes",
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"body": "The eyes here represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. AT: \"what Yahweh judges to be right\" or \"what Yahweh considers to be right\" (See: figs_metonymy and figs_metaphor)"
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},
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{
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"title": "for all the days of his life",
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"body": "The word \"days\" represents a period of time. AT: \"the whole time that David lived\" or \"throughout David's whole life\" (See: figs_metonymy)"
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},
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{
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"title": "he had not turned away from anything that he commanded him",
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"body": "Turning away from a command represents disobeying it. AT: \"David did not disobey anything that God commanded him\" (See: figs_metaphor)"
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},
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{
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"title": "except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite",
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"body": "This is a general way to refer to the situation with Uriah. It can be stated more clearly what this matter was. AT: \"except for what he did to Uriah the Hittite\" or \"except when he caused Uriah the Hittite to be killed\" (See: figs_explicit)"
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},
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{
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"title": "between Rehoboam and Jeroboam",
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"body": "The names \"Rehoboam\" and \"Jeroboam\" represent the armies of those two kings. Rehoboam was Abijah's father. AT: \"between the armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam\" (UDB) (See: figs_synecdoche)"
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},
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{
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"title": "all the days of Abijah's life",
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"body": "The word \"days\" represents a period of time. AT: \"the whole time that Abijah lived\" or \"throughout his whole life\" (See: figs_metonymy)"
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}
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