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14 And she looked, and behold, the king was standing (A)by the pillar, according to the custom, with the commanders and the [a]trumpeters beside the king; and (B)all the people of the land were glad and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah (C)tore her clothes and cried, “(D)Treason! Treason!”

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  1. 2 Kings 11:14 Lit trumpets

14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,(A) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.(B) Then Athaliah tore(C) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”(D)

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(A)Then the king stood by the pillar and cut a covenant before Yahweh, (B)to walk after Yahweh, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people [a]entered into the covenant.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:3 Lit took a stand in

The king stood by the pillar(A) and renewed the covenant(B) in the presence of the Lord—to follow(C) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

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16 (A)And they stood at their stations according to the legal judgment for them, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests splashed the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.

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16 Then they took up their regular positions(A) as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites.

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