The Sons of David(A)(B)

These were the sons of David(C) born to him in Hebron:

The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam(D) of Jezreel;(E)

the second, Daniel the son of Abigail(F) of Carmel;

the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

the fourth, Adonijah(G) the son of Haggith;

the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.

These six were born to David in Hebron,(H) where he reigned seven years and six months.(I)

David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, and these were the children born to him there:

Shammua,[a] Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba[b](J) daughter of Ammiel. There were also Ibhar, Elishua,[c] Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet—nine in all. All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar(K) was their sister.(L)

The Kings of Judah

10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,(M)

Abijah(N) his son,

Asa(O) his son,

Jehoshaphat(P) his son,

11 Jehoram[d](Q) his son,

Ahaziah(R) his son,

Joash(S) his son,

12 Amaziah(T) his son,

Azariah(U) his son,

Jotham(V) his son,

13 Ahaz(W) his son,

Hezekiah(X) his son,

Manasseh(Y) his son,

14 Amon(Z) his son,

Josiah(AA) his son.

15 The sons of Josiah:

Johanan the firstborn,

Jehoiakim(AB) the second son,

Zedekiah(AC) the third,

Shallum(AD) the fourth.

16 The successors of Jehoiakim:

Jehoiachin[e](AE) his son,

and Zedekiah.(AF)

The Royal Line After the Exile

17 The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive:

Shealtiel(AG) his son, 18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar,(AH) Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.(AI)

19 The sons of Pedaiah:

Zerubbabel(AJ) and Shimei.

The sons of Zerubbabel:

Meshullam and Hananiah.

Shelomith was their sister.

20 There were also five others:

Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed.

21 The descendants of Hananiah:

Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah and of Shekaniah.

22 The descendants of Shekaniah:

Shemaiah and his sons:

Hattush,(AK) Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat—six in all.

23 The sons of Neariah:

Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam—three in all.

24 The sons of Elioenai:

Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani—seven in all.

Other Clans of Judah

The descendants of Judah:(AL)

Perez, Hezron,(AM) Karmi, Hur and Shobal.

Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

These were the sons[f] of Etam:

Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.

These were the descendants of Hur,(AN) the firstborn of Ephrathah and father[g] of Bethlehem.(AO)

Ashhur(AP) the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

The sons of Helah:

Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[h] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

11 Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.[i] These were the men of Rekah.

13 The sons of Kenaz:

Othniel(AQ) and Seraiah.

The sons of Othniel:

Hathath and Meonothai.[j] 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab,

the father of Ge Harashim.[k] It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:

Iru, Elah and Naam.

The son of Elah:

Kenaz.

16 The sons of Jehallelel:

Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

17 The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam,(AR) Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 (His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.(AS)) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:

the father of Keilah(AT) the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.(AU)

20 The sons of Shimon:

Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.

The descendants of Ishi:

Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah(AV) son of Judah:

Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, 22 Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) 23 They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.

Simeon(AW)

24 The descendants of Simeon:(AX)

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,(AY) Zerah and Shaul;

25 Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

26 The descendants of Mishma:

Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. 28 They lived in Beersheba,(AZ) Moladah,(BA) Hazar Shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem,(BB) Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah,(BC) Ziklag,(BD) 31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim.(BE) These were their towns until the reign of David. 32 Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,(BF) Rimmon, Token and Ashan(BG)—five towns— 33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.[l] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, 35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

38 The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, 39 and they went to the outskirts of Gedor(BH) to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. 40 They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet.(BI) Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

41 The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites(BJ) who were there and completely destroyed[m] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. 42 And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.(BK) 43 They killed the remaining Amalekites(BL) who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

Reuben

The sons of Reuben(BM) the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed,(BN) his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph(BO) son of Israel;(BP) so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,(BQ) and though Judah(BR) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler(BS) came from him, the rights of the firstborn(BT) belonged to Joseph)— the sons of Reuben(BU) the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu,(BV) Hezron(BW) and Karmi.

The descendants of Joel:

Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,

Shimei his son, Micah his son,

Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser[n](BX) king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

Their relatives by clans,(BY) listed according to their genealogical records:

Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer(BZ) to Nebo(CA) and Baal Meon.(CB) To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates(CC) River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.(CD)

10 During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites(CE), who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.

Gad

11 The Gadites(CF) lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:(CG)

12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.

13 Their relatives, by families, were:

Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.

14 These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.

15 Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.

16 The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.

17 All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham(CH) king of Judah and Jeroboam(CI) king of Israel.

18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service(CJ)—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur,(CK) Naphish and Nodab. 20 They were helped(CL) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried(CM) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted(CN) in him. 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, 22 and many others fell slain, because the battle(CO) was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.(CP)

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

23 The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh(CQ) were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).(CR)

24 These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. 25 But they were unfaithful(CS) to the God of their ancestors and prostituted(CT) themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit(CU) of Pul(CV) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser(CW) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,(CX) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:5 Hebrew Shimea, a variant of Shammua
  2. 1 Chronicles 3:5 One Hebrew manuscript and Vulgate (see also Septuagint and 2 Samuel 11:3); most Hebrew manuscripts Bathshua
  3. 1 Chronicles 3:6 Two Hebrew manuscripts (see also 2 Samuel 5:15 and 1 Chron. 14:5); most Hebrew manuscripts Elishama
  4. 1 Chronicles 3:11 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram
  5. 1 Chronicles 3:16 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 17
  6. 1 Chronicles 4:3 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Vulgate); Hebrew father
  7. 1 Chronicles 4:4 Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 12, 14, 17, 18 and possibly elsewhere.
  8. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain.
  9. 1 Chronicles 4:12 Or of the city of Nahash
  10. 1 Chronicles 4:13 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; Hebrew does not have and Meonothai.
  11. 1 Chronicles 4:14 Ge Harashim means valley of skilled workers.
  12. 1 Chronicles 4:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8); Hebrew Baal
  13. 1 Chronicles 4:41 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  14. 1 Chronicles 5:6 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser; also in verse 26

BOOK III

Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.(A)

But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;(B)
    I had nearly lost my foothold.(C)
For I envied(D) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(E)

They have no struggles;
    their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
They are free(F) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.
Therefore pride(G) is their necklace;(H)
    they clothe themselves with violence.(I)
From their callous hearts(J) comes iniquity[b];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.
They scoff, and speak with malice;(K)
    with arrogance(L) they threaten oppression.(M)
Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
    and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
    Does the Most High know anything?”

12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(N) they go on amassing wealth.(O)

13 Surely in vain(P) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(Q)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(R)
    and every morning brings new punishments.

15 If I had spoken out like that,
    I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(S) all this,
    it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(T) of God;
    then I understood their final destiny.(U)

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(V)
    you cast them down to ruin.(W)
19 How suddenly(X) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(Y) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(Z) when one awakes;(AA)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(AB)

21 When my heart was grieved
    and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(AC) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast(AD) before you.

23 Yet I am always with you;
    you hold me by my right hand.(AE)
24 You guide(AF) me with your counsel,(AG)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(AH)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(AI)
26 My flesh and my heart(AJ) may fail,(AK)
    but God is the strength(AL) of my heart
    and my portion(AM) forever.

27 Those who are far from you will perish;(AN)
    you destroy all who are unfaithful(AO) to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.(AP)
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;(AQ)
    I will tell of all your deeds.(AR)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
  2. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
  3. Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

Psalm 77[a]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.

I cried out to God(A) for help;
    I cried out to God to hear me.
When I was in distress,(B) I sought the Lord;
    at night(C) I stretched out untiring hands,(D)
    and I would not be comforted.(E)

I remembered(F) you, God, and I groaned;(G)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.[b](H)
You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.(I)
I thought about the former days,(J)
    the years of long ago;
I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

“Will the Lord reject forever?(K)
    Will he never show his favor(L) again?
Has his unfailing love(M) vanished forever?
    Has his promise(N) failed for all time?
Has God forgotten to be merciful?(O)
    Has he in anger withheld his compassion?(P)

10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
    the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.(Q)
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will remember your miracles(R) of long ago.
12 I will consider(S) all your works
    and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”(T)

13 Your ways, God, are holy.
    What god is as great as our God?(U)
14 You are the God who performs miracles;(V)
    you display your power among the peoples.
15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,(W)
    the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

16 The waters(X) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;(Y)
    the very depths were convulsed.
17 The clouds poured down water,(Z)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;(AA)
    your arrows(AB) flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(AC)
    your lightning(AD) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.(AE)
19 Your path(AF) led through the sea,(AG)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

20 You led your people(AH) like a flock(AI)
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(AJ)

Psalm 78

A maskil[c] of Asaph.

My people, hear my teaching;(AK)
    listen to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable;(AL)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.(AM)
We will not hide them from their descendants;(AN)
    we will tell the next generation(AO)
the praiseworthy deeds(AP) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(AQ) he has done.
He decreed statutes(AR) for Jacob(AS)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(AT)
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget(AU) his deeds
    but would keep his commands.(AV)
They would not be like their ancestors(AW)
    a stubborn(AX) and rebellious(AY) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(AZ)
    turned back on the day of battle;(BA)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(BB)
    and refused to live by his law.(BC)
11 They forgot what he had done,(BD)
    the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(BE) in the sight of their ancestors
    in the land of Egypt,(BF) in the region of Zoan.(BG)
13 He divided the sea(BH) and led them through;
    he made the water stand up like a wall.(BI)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.(BJ)
15 He split the rocks(BK) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sin(BL) against him,
    rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(BM)
    by demanding the food they craved.(BN)
19 They spoke against God;(BO)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,(BP)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat(BQ) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out(BR) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
    or trust(BS) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;(BT)
24 he rained down manna(BU) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(BV) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds(BW) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(BX)
    he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
    even while the food was still in their mouths,(BY)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest(BZ) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(CA)
    in spite of his wonders,(CB) they did not believe.(CC)
33 So he ended their days in futility(CD)
    and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(CE) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(CF)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(CG)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(CH)
    lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(CI) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(CJ)
    he forgave(CK) their iniquities(CL)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(CM)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(CN)
    a passing breeze(CO) that does not return.

40 How often they rebelled(CP) against him in the wilderness(CQ)
    and grieved him(CR) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(CS)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(CT)
42 They did not remember(CU) his power—
    the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(CV)
43 the day he displayed his signs(CW) in Egypt,
    his wonders(CX) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(CY)
    they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(CZ) that devoured them,
    and frogs(DA) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(DB)
    their produce to the locust.(DC)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(DD)
    and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
    their livestock(DE) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(DF)
    his wrath, indignation and hostility—
    a band of destroying angels.(DG)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death
    but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(DH)
    the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(DI)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(DJ)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
    but the sea engulfed(DK) their enemies.(DL)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
    to the hill country his right hand(DM) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(DN) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(DO)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(DP) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(DQ)
58 They angered him(DR) with their high places;(DS)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(DT)
59 When God heard(DU) them, he was furious;(DV)
    he rejected Israel(DW) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(DX)
    the tent he had set up among humans.(DY)
61 He sent the ark of his might(DZ) into captivity,(EA)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(EB)
    he was furious with his inheritance.(EC)
63 Fire consumed(ED) their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;(EE)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(EF)
    and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(EG)
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.(EH)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(EI)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(EJ)
    Mount Zion,(EK) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(EL) like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(EM) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(EN) he brought him
    to be the shepherd(EO) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(EP)
    with skillful hands he led them.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 77:1 In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.
  2. Psalm 77:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.
  3. Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

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