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1 Kings 16:1-2
Contemporary English Version
1 Kings 16:1-2
Contemporary English Version
16 The Lord sent Jehu son of Hanani to say to Baasha:
2 Nobody knew who you were until I, the Lord, chose you[a] to be the leader of my people Israel. And now you're acting exactly like Jeroboam by causing the Israelites to sin. What you've done has made me so angry
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- 16.2 Nobody … you: Hebrew “I pulled you up out of the dust.”
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