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 \v 16 Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh; he said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my family, that you have brought me to this point?
-\v 17 And this was a small thing in your sight, God. You have spoken of your servant's family for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, Yahweh God.
+\v 17 For this was a small thing in your sight, God. You have spoken of your servant's family for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, Yahweh God.
 \v 18 What more can I, David, say to you? You have honored your servant. You have given your servant special recognition.
 
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 \v 19 Yahweh, for your servant's sake, and to fulfill your own purpose, you have done this great thing to reveal all your great deeds.
 \v 20 Yahweh, there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, just as we have always heard.
 
-\v 21 And what nation on earth is like your people Israel, whom you, God, rescued from Egypt as a people for yourself, to make a name for yourself by great and awesome deeds? You drove out nations from before your people, whom you rescued from Egypt.
+\v 21 For what nation on earth is like your people Israel, whom you, God, rescued from Egypt as a people for yourself, to make a name for yourself by great and awesome deeds? You drove out nations from before your people, whom you rescued from Egypt.
 
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 \v 22 You made Israel your own people forever, and you, Yahweh, became their God.

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-\v 16 And when the Arameans saw that they were being defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer's army.
+\v 16 When the Arameans saw that they were being defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer's army.
 \v 17 When David was told this, he gathered all Israel together, crossed the Jordan, and came upon them. He arranged the army for battle  against the Arameans, and they fought him.
 
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 \v 22 If a man sins against his neighbor and is required to swear an oath, and if he comes and swears an oath before your altar in this house,
-\v 23 then hear from the heavens and act and judge your servants, repaying the wicked, to bring his conduct on his own head. And declare the righteous innocent, to give him the reward for his righteousness.
+\v 23 then hear from the heavens and act and judge your servants, repaying the wicked, to bring his conduct on his own head. Declare the righteous innocent, to give him the reward for his righteousness.
 
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 \v 19 But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have placed before you, and if you go worship other gods and bow down to them,
-\v 20 then I will uproot them from out of my ground that I have given them. And this house that I have set apart for my name, I will cast it away from before me, and I will make it a proverb and a joke among all the peoples.
+\v 20 then I will uproot them from out of my ground that I have given them. This house that I have set apart for my name, I will cast away from before me, and I will make it a proverb and a joke among all the peoples.
 
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-\v 21 And though this temple is so lofty now, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?'
+\v 21 Even though this temple is so lofty now, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?'
 \v 22 Others will answer, 'Because they forsook Yahweh, their God, who had brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and bowed down to them and worshiped them. That is why Yahweh has brought all this disaster on them.'"
 
 

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 \v 11 He fortified the fortresses and put commanders in them, with stores of food, oil, and wine.
-\v 12 He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. And so Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
+\v 12 He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
 
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 \v 9 Now Ahab the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on a throne, clothed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
 \v 10 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, "Yahweh says this: With these you will push the Arameans until they are consumed."
-\v 11 And all the prophets prophesied the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead and win, for Yahweh has given it into the hand of the king."
+\v 11 All the prophets prophesied the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead and win, for Yahweh has given it into the hand of the king."
 
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 \v 18 Then Micaiah said, "Therefore all of you should hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven were standing on his right hand and on his left.
 
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-\v 19 Yahweh said, 'Who will entice Ahab, king of Israel, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' And one said this and another that.
+\v 19 Yahweh said, 'Who will entice Ahab, king of Israel, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One said this and another that.
 
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 \v 20 Then a spirit came forward and it stood before Yahweh and said, 'I will entice him.' Yahweh said to him, 'How?'
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 \v 25 The king of Israel said to some servants, "You people seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, my son.
 \v 26 You people will say to him, 'The king says: Put this man in prison and feed him with only a little bread and only a little water, until I return safely.'"
-\v 27 Then Micaiah said, "If you return safely, then Yahweh has not spoken by me." And he added, "Listen to this, all you people."
+\v 27 Then Micaiah said, "If you return safely, then Yahweh has not spoken by me." Then he added, "Listen to this, all you people."
 
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 \v 5 Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, at the house of Yahweh, in front of the new courtyard.
-\v 6 He said, "Yahweh, the God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? And are you not the ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so no one is able to resist you.
+\v 6 He said, "Yahweh, the God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Are you not the ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so no one is able to resist you.
 \v 7 Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham?
 
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 \v 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take plunder from them, they found among them abundant goods, clothing, and valuable articles, which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away. It took them three days to carry off the plunder, there was so much of it.
-\f + \ft Instead of \fqa among them \fqb , some ancient and modern versions read \fqa cattle \fqb . And instead of \fqa clothing \fqb , some ancient and modern versions read \fqa dead bodies \fqb .\f*
+\f + \ft Instead of \fqa among them \fqb , some ancient and modern versions read \fqa cattle \fqb . Instead of \fqa clothing \fqb , some ancient and modern versions read \fqa dead bodies \fqb .\f*
 \v 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah. There they praised Yahweh, so the name of that place is the "Valley of Beracah" to this day.
 
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 \v 26 These were the persons who plotted against him: Zabad son of Shimeath, the Ammonitess; and Jehozabad son of Shimrith, the Moabitess.
 
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-\v 27 Now the accounts about his sons, the important prophecies that were spoken about him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, see, they are written in The Commentary on the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah, his son, became king in his place.
+\v 27 Now the accounts about his sons, the important prophecies that were spoken about him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, see, they are written in The Commentary on the Book of the Kings. Amaziah his son, became king in his place.

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 \v 9 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, his name was Oded. He went out to meet the army coming into Samaria. He said to them, "Because Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reached up to heaven.
-\v 10 And now you intend to keep the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem as your slaves. But are you not guilty of sins of your own against Yahweh your God?
+\v 10 Now you intend to keep the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem as your slaves. But are you not guilty of sins of your own against Yahweh your God?
 \v 11 Now then, listen to me: Send the prisoners back, those whom you have taken of your own brothers, for Yahweh's fierce wrath is on you."
 
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 \v 18 Then they went to Hezekiah, the king, inside the palace and said, "We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, the altar for burnt offerings with all its implements, and the table of the bread of the presence, with all its implements.
-\v 19 And so we have prepared and we have consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed when he acted unfaithfully during his reign. See, they are in front of the altar of Yahweh."
+\v 19 So we have prepared and we have consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed when he acted unfaithfully during his reign. See, they are in front of the altar of Yahweh."
 
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