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Isaiah

Isaiah – Chapter 1


 

1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

1:2 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.

1:3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

1:5 Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

1:6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

1:7 Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

1:8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

1:9 Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.

1:10 Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

1:11 “What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

1:12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

1:13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies.

1:14 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

1:15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

1:16 Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

1:17 Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

1:18 “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;

1:20 but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the LORD’s mouth has spoken it.”

1:21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

1:22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

1:23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

1:24 Therefore the Lord, GOD of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies.

1:25 I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

1:26 I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’

1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

1:28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

1:30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

1:31 The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”

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Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon – Chapter 1


 

1:1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

1:3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

1:4 Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

1:5 I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.

1:6 Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

1:7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

1:8 If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

1:9 I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

1:10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

1:11 We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.

1:12 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

1:13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

1:14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

1:15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.

1:16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.

1:17 The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes – Chapter 1


 

1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

1:2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

1:3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

1:4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

1:5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

1:6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

1:7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

1:8 All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

1:9 That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

1:10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

1:11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

1:12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

1:13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

1:15 That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

1:16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

1:17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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Proverbs

Proverbs – Chapter 1


 

1:1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

1:2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

1:3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

1:4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—

1:5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

1:6 to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

1:8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

1:9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

1:11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

1:12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

1:13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.

1:14 You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—

1:15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

1:16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

1:17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

1:18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

1:19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

1:20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

1:21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

1:22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

1:23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

1:24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

1:25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

1:26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,

1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

1:28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,

1:29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.

1:30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

1:31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

1:32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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Psalms

Psalms – Chapter 1


 

1:1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

1:2 but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

1:4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

1:5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

1:6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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Nehemiah

Nehemiah – Chapter 1


 

1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,

1:2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

1:5 and said, “I beg you, LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,

1:6 let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.

1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

1:8 “Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;

1:9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’

1:10 “Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.

1:11 Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

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Ezra

Ezra – Chapter 1


 

1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

1:2 “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

1:3 Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.

1:4 Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”

1:5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem.

1:6 All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered.

1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the LORD’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

1:8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

1:9 This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,

1:10 thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.

1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles – Chapter 1


 

1:1 Solomon the son of David was firmly established in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.

1:2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

1:3 Then Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which the LORD’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness.

1:4 But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

1:5 Moreover the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the LORD’s tabernacle; and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.

1:6 Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

1:7 That night, God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for what you want me to give you.”

1:8 Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

1:9 Now, LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

1:10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”

1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor yet have you asked for long life; but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king,

1:12 therefore wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you, and none after you will have.”

1:13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

1:14 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

1:15 The king made silver and gold to be as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars to be as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

1:16 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.

1:17 They imported from Egypt then exported a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty. They also exported them to the Hittite kings and the Syrian kings.

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1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles – Chapter 1


 

1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh,

1:2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

1:6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.

1:7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1:9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

1:10 Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.

1:11 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

1:12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (where the Philistines came from), and Caphtorim.

1:13 Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,

1:14 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

1:15 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

1:16 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

1:18 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.

1:19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

1:20 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

1:21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

1:22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,

1:23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

1:24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

1:27 Abram (also called Abraham).

1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

1:29 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

1:30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

1:32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

1:33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

1:34 Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1:38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

1:39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister.

1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

1:41 The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

1:43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

1:44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.

1:45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

1:46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

1:47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.

1:48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.

1:49 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.

1:50 Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

1:51 Then Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,

1:52 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

1:53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

1:54 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

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2 Kings

2 Kings – Chapter 1


 

1:1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”

1:3 But the LORD’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

1:4 Now therefore the LORD says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed.

1:5 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

1:6 They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The LORD says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’”

1:7 He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?”

1:8 They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”

1:9 Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’”

1:10 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

1:11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’”

1:12 Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then God’s fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

1:13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty of your servants be precious in your sight.

1:14 Behold, fire came down from the sky and consumed the last two captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.”

1:15 The LORD’s angel said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” Then he arose and went down with him to the king.

1:16 He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”

1:17 So he died according to the LORD’s word which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.

1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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