Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

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Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

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Ahaziah was twenty-two[a] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, (A)the granddaughter of Omri. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 22:2 See 2 Kings 8:26; Hebrew forty-two; Septuagint twenty

Ahaziah was twenty-two[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.

He too followed(A) the ways of the house of Ahab,(B) for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two

24 And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

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24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

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10 Bloodthirsty men (A)hate one who is blameless
    and seek the life of the upright.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:10 Or but the upright seek his soul

10 The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
    and seek to kill the upright.(A)

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16 for (A)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.

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16 for their feet rush into evil,(A)
    they are swift to shed blood.(B)

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Athaliah Reigns in Judah

11 (A)Now when (B)Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.

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Athaliah and Joash(A)

11 When Athaliah(B) the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.

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Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, (A)“So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”

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So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”(B)

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13 Has it not been told my lord what I did (A)when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

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13 Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.

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and (A)when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)

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While Jezebel(A) was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden(B) them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied(C) them with food and water.)

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84 This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes, 85 each silver plate weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the vessels 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,

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84 These were the offerings of the Israelite leaders for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed:(A) twelve silver plates, twelve silver sprinkling bowls(B) and twelve gold dishes.(C) 85 Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels. Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.(D)

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  1. Numbers 7:85 That is, about 60 pounds or about 28 kilograms

19 He offered for his offering one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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19 The offering he brought was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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13 And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels,[a] one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to (A)the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a (B)grain offering;

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  1. Numbers 7:13 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

13 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels[a] and one silver sprinkling bowl(A) weighing seventy shekels,[b](B) both according to the sanctuary shekel,(C) each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;(D)

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  1. Numbers 7:13 That is, about 3 1/4 pounds or about 1.5 kilograms; also elsewhere in this chapter
  2. Numbers 7:13 That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams; also elsewhere in this chapter

And this was the number of them: (A)30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers,

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This was the inventory:

gold dishes30
silver dishes1,000
silver pans[a]29
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  1. Ezra 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.