Jeremiah 21:2
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2 (A)“Inquire of the Lord for us, (B)for Nebuchadnezzar[a] king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to (C)all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.”
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- Jeremiah 21:2 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, an alternate spelling of Nebuchadnezzar (king of Babylon) occurring frequently from Jeremiah 21–52; this latter spelling is used throughout Jeremiah for consistency
Ezekiel 20:1-3
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Israel's Continuing Rebellion
20 (A)In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of (B)the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, (C)and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 (D)“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? (E)As I live, declares the Lord God, (F)I will not be inquired of by you.
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Jeremiah 37:7
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7 “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who (A)sent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, (B)Pharaoh's army that came to help you is about to (C)return to Egypt, to its own land.
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Jeremiah 42:4-6
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4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and (A)whatever the Lord answers you I will tell you. (B)I will keep nothing back from you.” 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, (C)“May the Lord be a true and (D)faithful witness against us (E)if we do not act according to all the word (F)with which the Lord your God sends you to us. 6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, (G)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
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Psalm 44:1-4
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Come to Our Help
To the choirmaster. (A)A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.
44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
(B)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
(C)in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand (D)drove out the nations,
but (E)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but (F)them you set free;
3 for not (G)by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and (H)the light of your face,
(I)for you delighted in them.
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- Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
1 Kings 14:2-3
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2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to (A)Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, (B)who said of me that I should be king over this people. 3 (C)Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child.”
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1 Samuel 28:15
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15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and (A)God has turned away from me and (B)answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.”
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1 Samuel 28:6
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6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, (A)the Lord did not answer him, either (B)by dreams, or (C)by Urim, or by prophets.
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Ezekiel 14:3-7
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3 (A)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (B)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (C)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, (D)I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 (E)that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, (F)who are all estranged from me through their idols.
6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (G)Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, (H)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, (I)I the Lord will answer him myself.
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Jeremiah 52:3-6
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3 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.
And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 (A)And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it. 5 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
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Jeremiah 39:1-2
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The Fall of Jerusalem
39 (A)In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
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Jeremiah 38:14-27
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Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah Again
14 King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me.” 15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.” 16 Then King Zedekiah swore (A)secretly to Jeremiah, (B)“As the Lord lives, (C)who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of (D)these men who seek your life.”
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: (E)If you will surrender to (F)the officials of the king of Babylon, (G)then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not surrender to (H)the officials of the king of Babylon, (I)then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, (J)and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.” 19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans (K)who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me.” 20 Jeremiah said, “You shall not be given to them. Obey now the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, (L)and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared. 21 But if you refuse to (M)surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me: 22 Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying,
(N)“‘Your trusted friends have deceived you
and prevailed against you;
now that your feet are sunk in the mud,
they turn away from you.’
23 All your wives and (O)your sons shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand, but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.”
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die. 25 If (P)the officials hear that I have spoken with you and come to you and say to you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; hide nothing from us and we will not put you to death,’ 26 then you shall say to them, (Q)‘I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’” 27 Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.
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Jeremiah 32:24
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24 Behold, (A)the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and (B)because of sword and famine and pestilence (C)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.
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Jeremiah 32:17
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17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is (A)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by (B)your outstretched arm! (C)Nothing is too hard for you.
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Isaiah 59:1-2
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Evil and Oppression
59 Behold, (A)the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 (B)but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
Psalm 136
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His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
136 (A)Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
(B)for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to (C)the God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to (D)the Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
4 to him who alone (E)does great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
5 to him who (F)by understanding (G)made the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
6 to him who (H)spread out the earth (I)above the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
7 to him who (J)made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
10 to him who (K)struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
11 and (L)brought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
12 with (M)a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
13 to him who (N)divided the Red Sea in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
14 (O)and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
15 but (P)overthrew[a] Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
16 to him who (Q)led his people through the wilderness,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
17 to him (R)who struck down great kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
18 and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
20 and Og, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
21 and gave their land as a heritage,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
22 a heritage to Israel his (S)servant,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
23 It is he who (T)remembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
24 and (U)rescued us from our foes,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
25 he who (V)gives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
26 Give thanks to (W)the God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
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- Psalm 136:15 Hebrew shook off
Psalm 105:5-45
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5 Remember the (A)wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and (B)the judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of (C)Abraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his (D)chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his (E)judgments are in all the earth.
8 He (F)remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for (G)a thousand generations,
9 (H)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his (I)sworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to (J)Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 saying, (K)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as (L)your portion for an inheritance.”
12 When they were (M)few in number,
of little account, and (N)sojourners in it,
13 wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14 he (O)allowed no one to oppress them;
he (P)rebuked kings on their account,
15 saying, (Q)“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
16 When he (R)summoned a famine on the land
and (S)broke all supply[a] of bread,
17 he had (T)sent a man ahead of them,
Joseph, who was (U)sold as a slave.
18 His (V)feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19 until (W)what he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord (X)tested him.
20 (Y)The king sent and (Z)released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21 he (AA)made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to bind[b] his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then (AB)Israel came to Egypt;
Jacob (AC)sojourned in (AD)the land of Ham.
24 And the Lord (AE)made his people very fruitful
and made them stronger than their foes.
25 He (AF)turned their hearts to hate his people,
to (AG)deal craftily with his servants.
26 He (AH)sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, (AI)whom he had chosen.
27 (AJ)They performed his signs among them
and miracles in (AK)the land of Ham.
28 He (AL)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they (AM)did not rebel[c] against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and (AN)caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in (AO)the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came (AP)swarms of flies,
(AQ)and gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery (AR)lightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and (AS)shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the (AT)locusts came,
young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He (AU)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
(AV)the firstfruits of all their strength.
37 Then he brought out Israel with (AW)silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 (AX)Egypt was glad when they departed,
for (AY)dread of them had fallen upon it.
39 He (AZ)spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 (BA)They asked, and he (BB)brought quail,
and gave them (BC)bread from heaven in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and (BD)water gushed out;
it flowed through (BE)the desert like a river.
42 For he (BF)remembered his holy promise,
and (BG)Abraham, his servant.
43 So he brought his people out with joy,
his (BH)chosen ones with (BI)singing.
44 And he (BJ)gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
45 that they might (BK)keep his statutes
and (BL)observe his laws.
(BM)Praise the Lord!
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- Psalm 105:16 Hebrew staff
- Psalm 105:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome instruct
- Psalm 105:28 Septuagint, Syriac omit not
Psalm 48:4-8
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4 For behold, (A)the kings assembled;
they came on together.
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight.
6 (B)Trembling took hold of them there,
anguish (C)as of a woman in labor.
7 By (D)the east wind you (E)shattered
the ships of (F)Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in (G)the city of our God,
which God will (H)establish forever. Selah
Psalm 46:8-11
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8 (A)Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 (B)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he (C)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
(D)he burns the chariots with fire.
10 (E)“Be still, and know that I am God.
(F)I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 (G)The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
2 Chronicles 32:21
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21 And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with (A)shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.
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2 Chronicles 20:1-30
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Jehoshaphat's Prayer
20 After this (A)the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites,[a] came against Jehoshaphat for battle. 2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom,[b] from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in (B)Hazazon-tamar” (that is, (C)Engedi). 3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face (D)to seek the Lord, and (E)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not (F)God in heaven? You (G)rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. (H)In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. 7 Did you not, our God, (I)drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of (J)Abraham your friend? 8 And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, 9 (K)‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[c] or pestilence, or famine, (L)we will stand before this house and before you—(M)for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 10 And now behold, the men of (N)Ammon and Moab and (O)Mount Seir, whom (P)you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, (Q)and whom they avoided and did not destroy— 11 behold, they reward us (R)by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will you not (S)execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but (T)our eyes are on you.”
13 Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 And (U)the Spirit of the Lord came[d] upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 15 And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the Lord to you, (V)‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, (W)for the battle is not yours but God's. 16 Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of (X)the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 (Y)You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ (Z)Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, (AA)and the Lord will be with you.”
18 Then Jehoshaphat (AB)bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. 19 And the Levites, of the (AC)Kohathites and the (AD)Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into (AE)the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! (AF)Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him (AG)in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
(AH)“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
22 And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set (AI)an ambush against the men of (AJ)Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed. 23 For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, (AK)they all helped to destroy one another.
The Lord Delivers Judah
24 When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there[e] were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped. 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah,[f] for there they blessed the Lord. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, (AL)for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. 29 (AM)And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, (AN)for his God gave him rest all around.
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- 2 Chronicles 20:1 Compare 26:7; Hebrew Ammonites
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (Syria)
- 2 Chronicles 20:9 Or the sword of judgment
- 2 Chronicles 20:14 Or was
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 Hebrew they
- 2 Chronicles 20:26 Beracah means blessing
2 Chronicles 14:9-13
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9 Zerah (A)the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as (B)Mareshah. 10 And Asa went out to meet him, and (C)they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at (D)Mareshah. 11 And Asa (E)cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, (F)for we rely on you, (G)and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” 12 (H)So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as (I)Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah[a] carried away very much spoil.
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- 2 Chronicles 14:13 Hebrew They
2 Kings 25:1-2
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Fall and Captivity of Judah
25 (A)And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, (B)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. (C)And they built siegeworks all around it. 2 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
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2 Kings 22:13-14
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13 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is (A)the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of (B)Tikvah, son of (C)Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in (D)the Second Quarter), and they talked with her.
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