When she saw that she waited in vain,
    that her hope was lost,
(A)she took another of her cubs
    and made him a young lion.

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And she brought up one of her cubs;
    (A)he became a young lion,
(B)and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured men.

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34 And (A)Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and (B)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, (C)and he came to Egypt and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim (D)gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

36 (E)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (F)according to all that his fathers had done.

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