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[
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{
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"title": "their prayer and their request",
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"body": "The two words \"prayer\" and \"request\" mean basically the same thing. Together they emphasize that the people were sincere as they made their request to Yahweh. Similar words appear in 8:27. (See: figs_doublet)"
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},
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{
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"title": "Forgive your people, who have sinned against you, and all their sins with which they have transgressed against your commands",
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"body": "Solomon twice requests Yahweh to forgive the people. This emphasizes the earnestness of his request. (See: figs_parallelism)"
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}
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