25 He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the trouble that Hadad caused); and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

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25 Rezon was Israel’s adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram(A) and was hostile toward Israel.

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I [a]dismissed the three shepherds (A)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them

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40 Therefore (A)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred (B)His own inheritance.

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40 Therefore the Lord was angry(A) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.(B)

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And he went out [a]to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. (A)The Lord is with you while you are with Him. (B)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but (C)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 15:2 Lit. before

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you(A) when you are with him.(B) If you seek(C) him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.(D)

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But now the Lord my God has given me (A)rest[a] on every side; there is neither adversary nor [b]evil occurrence.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:4 peace
  2. 1 Kings 5:4 misfortune

But now the Lord my God has given me rest(A) on every side, and there is no adversary(B) or disaster.

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21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s (A)concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you (B)are abhorred by your father. Then (C)the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”

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21 Ahithophel answered, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be more resolute.”

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“You shall not abhor an Edomite, (A)for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because (B)you were an alien in his land.

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Do not despise an Edomite,(A) for the Edomites are related to you.(B) Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.(C)

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30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, (A)“You have (B)troubled me (C)by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; (D)and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

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30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble(A) on me by making me obnoxious(B) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.(C) We are few in number,(D) and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

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