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They never jostle each other;
    each moves in exactly the right position.
They break through defenses
    without missing a step.

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18 He protects them from the grave,
    from crossing over the river of death.

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Then Hezekiah worked hard at repairing all the broken sections of the wall, erecting towers, and constructing a second wall outside the first. He also reinforced the supporting terraces[a] in the City of David and manufactured large numbers of weapons and shields.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:5 Hebrew the millo. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

12 But if they refuse to listen to him,
    they will cross over the river of death,
    dying from lack of understanding.

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23 During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:23 Or Each carried his weapon in his right hand. Hebrew reads Each his weapon the water. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

17 who were building the wall. The laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon.

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10 He stationed all the people around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.

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