Abel of Beth Maacah

10-2SA/20.usfm

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-\v 14 Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, and arrived at the city of Abel Beth Maacah in the northern part of Israel. All the members of his father Bichri's clan gathered there and went with Sheba into the city.
+\v 14 Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, and arrived at the city that is called Abel of Beth Maacah in the northern part of Israel. All the members of his father Bichri's clan gathered there and went with Sheba into the city.
 \v 15 The soldiers who were with Joab found out that Sheba had gone there, so they went there and surrounded the city. They built a dirt ramp up against the city wall. They also pounded against the wall to cause it to collapse.
 \v 16 Then a wise woman who was in that town stood on the top of the wall and shouted down, "Listen to me! Tell Joab to come here, because I want to talk to him!"
 

11-1KI/15.usfm

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 \v 19 "I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. For that purpose, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, because he will be afraid of your army."
 
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-\v 20 So the officials went and gave the message to Ben Hadad, and he did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders and their soldiers to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, the area near the Sea of Galilee, and all the land of the tribe of Naphtali.
+\v 20 So the officials went and gave the message to Ben Hadad, and he did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders and their soldiers to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel of Beth Maacah, the area near the Sea of Galilee, and all the land of the tribe of Naphtali.
 \v 21 When Baasha heard about that, he told his soldiers to stop working at Ramah. He and his soldiers returned to Tirzah and stayed there.
 \v 22 Then King Asa sent a message to all the people in the towns in Judah, stating that they all were required to go to Ramah and carry away the stones and timber that Baasha's soldiers had been using to build a wall around the city. With those stones and timber they fortified the city of Mizpah north of Jerusalem, and Geba, a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
 

12-2KI/15.usfm

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-\v 29 While Pekah was the king, Tiglath Pileser, the king of Assyria, came with his army and captured the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, and the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali. His army forced the Israelite people to leave their country and go to live in Assyria.
+\v 29 While Pekah was the king, Tiglath Pileser, the king of Assyria, came with his army and captured the cities of Ijon, Abel of Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, and the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali. His army forced the Israelite people to leave their country and go to live in Assyria.
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 \v 30 Then Hoshea son of Elah, planned to kill Pekah. He assassinated him when Amaziah's son Jotham had been ruling Judah for almost twenty years. Then Hoshea became the king of Israel.
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23-ISA/14.usfm

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 \v 18 All the kings of the earth who have died were greatly honored when they were buried.
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-\v 19 But you are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away.
+\v 19 Someone will cast you out of your grave and make you like a branch that they throw away.
 \q1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to be among the stones where the dead rest.
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 \v 20 Your dead body will not be buried with them 

23-ISA/26.usfm

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-\v 18 We had severe pain,
+\v 18 We were pregnant and had severe pain,
 \q2 but nothing good resulted from it.
-\q1 We have not rescued anyone people from being conquered by their enemies,
+\q1 We have not rescued any people or kept their enemies from conquering them, 
 \q2 and those in the world who were our enemies did not fall in battle.
 
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23-ISA/42.usfm

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 \q2 Who will pay attention from now on?
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 \v 24 Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen?
-\q2 It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned;
+\q2 It was Yahweh, because he is the one against whom we had sinned;
 \q1 we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to,
 \q2 and we did not obey his laws.