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-\v 5 Amaziah summoned the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them into groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded one hundred men, and some commanded one thousand men. They counted the men who were at least twenty years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were ready to be in the army, and able to fight well, using spears and shields.
-\v 6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel; he paid almost 3,300 kilograms (or about three and one-third metric tons) of silver for them.
+\v 5 Amaziah summoned the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them into groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded one hundred men and some commanded one thousand men. They counted the men who were at least twenty years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were ready to be in the army and able to fight well using spears and shields.
+\v 6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel; he paid almost 3,300 kilograms of silver for them.
 
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-\v 11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Valley of Salt. There they killed ten thousand soldiers from the Edom people.
+\v 11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Valley of Salt. There they killed ten thousand soldiers from the Edomite people.
 \v 12 The army of Judah also captured ten thousand other soldiers, took them to the top of a cliff, and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their bodies were all smashed to pieces.
 
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 \v 16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, "We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop talking! If you say anything more, I will tell my soldiers to kill you!"
-\p So the prophet said, "I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have begun to worship idols, and have not heeded my advice." Then the prophet said nothing more.
+\p So the prophet said, "I know that God has determined to get rid of you because you have begun to worship idols and have not heeded my advice." Then the prophet said nothing more.
 
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-\v 17 Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, "Come and meet me face to face in battle."
+\v 17 Some time later, Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, "Come and meet me face to face in battle."
 
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-\v 18 But Jehoash replied this to King Amaziah: "One time a thistle growing in the mountains in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in order that he can marry her.' But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under his feet.
+\v 18 But Jehoash replied this to King Amaziah: "One time a thistle growing in the mountains in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son so that he can marry her.' But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under his feet.
 \v 19 What I mean is that you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. You can be proud of your victory, but you should not fight me. If you do, you will only make trouble for yourself. I will defeat you, and Judah with you."
 
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-\v 20 But Amaziah paid no attention to Jehoash's message. This happened because God wanted Jehoash's army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
+\v 20 But Amaziah paid no attention to Jehoash's message. This happened because God wanted Jehoash's army to defeat them because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
 \v 21 So Jehoash's army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at the city of Beth Shemesh in Judah.
 \v 22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
 
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-\v 1 All the people took Uzziah and made him their king, in the place of his father Amaziah. Uzziah was sixteen years old at that time.
+\v 1 All the people took Uzziah and made him their king in the place of his father Amaziah. Uzziah was sixteen years old at that time.
 \v 2 While he was the king, after his father King Amaziah had died, he had his workers rebuild the city of Elath and brought that city under the protection of Judah.
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 \v 3 Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 4 Uzziah did the things that Yahweh said were good, like his father Amaziah had done.
+\v 4 Uzziah did the things that Yahweh said were good, as his father Amaziah had done.
 \v 5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah. Zechariah is the one who taught him to give honor to God. For as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him successful.
 
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 \v 6 Uzziah and his army went to attack the army of Philistia. They tore down the walls of the cities of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then they rebuilt the cities near Ashdod and in other places in Philistia.
 \v 7 God helped them to fight the army of Philistia and the Arabs who lived in the city of Gur Baal, and the descendants of Meun who had come to that area from Edom.
-\v 8 Even the Ammon people paid taxes to Uzziah each year. So Uzziah became famous as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.
+\v 8 Even the Ammon people paid taxes to Uzziah each year. So Uzziah became famous as far as the border of Egypt because he had become very powerful.
 
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 \v 9 Uzziah's workers built watchtowers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the place where the wall turns, and they placed weapons in those towers.
-\v 10 They also built watchtowers in the wilderness and dug many wells. They did that to provide water for a lot of the king's cattle that were in the foothills and in the plains. Uzziah was very interested in farming, so he also stationed workers to take care of his fields, vineyards in the hills, and in the fertile areas.
+\v 10 They also built watchtowers in the wilderness and dug many wells. They did that to provide water for much of the king's cattle that were in the foothills and in the plains. Uzziah was very interested in farming, so he also stationed workers to take care of his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile areas.
 
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 \v 11 Uzziah's army was trained for fighting battles. They were in groups that were always ready to go into battles. Jeiel, the king's secretary, and Maaseiah, one of the army officers, counted the men and placed them in groups. Hananiah, one of the king's officials, was their commander.
-\v 12 The total number of the family leaders who led the strongest soldiers in battle was 2,600 in number.
-\v 13 In the groups that those leaders commanded there was a total of 307,500 well-trained soldiers. It was a very powerful army, ready to fight the king's enemies.
+\v 12 The total number of the family leaders who led the strongest soldiers in battle was 2,600.
+\v 13 In the groups that those leaders commanded, there was a total of 307,500 well-trained soldiers. It was a very powerful army, ready to fight the king's enemies.
 
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 \v 14 Uzziah gave to each soldier a shield, a spear, a helmet, a vest made of iron plates, a bow and arrows, and a sling for throwing stones.
-\v 15 In Jerusalem his skilled workers made machines to put on the watchtowers and on the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows and to hurl large stones. He became very famous even in distant places, because God helped him very much and enabled him to become very powerful.
+\v 15 In Jerusalem his skilled workers made machines to put on the watchtowers and on the corners of the walls to shoot arrows and to hurl large stones. He became very famous even in distant places because God helped him very much and enabled him to become very powerful.
 
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 \v 16 But because Uzziah was very powerful, he became very proud, and that caused him to be punished. He disobeyed what Yahweh his God had commanded. He went into the temple to burn incense on the altar where God had said that only the priests should burn incense.
-\v 17 Azariah, the high priest, and eighty other brave priests followed him into the temple.
-\v 18 They rebuked him and said to him, "Uzziah, it is not right for you to burn incense to Yahweh because you are not set apart to serve as a priest, and only a priest can burn incense to Yahweh. The priests are the descendants of Aaron our first high priest, and you are not one of them! You must leave immediately, because you have disobeyed Yahweh our God, and he will not honor you for what you have done!"
+\v 17 Azariah the high priest and eighty other brave priests followed him into the temple.
+\v 18 They rebuked him and said to him, "Uzziah, it is not right for you to burn incense to Yahweh because you are not set apart to serve as a priest, and only a priest can burn incense to Yahweh. The priests are the descendants of Aaron our first high priest, and you are not one of them! You must leave immediately because you have disobeyed Yahweh our God, and he will not honor you for what you have done!"
 
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 \v 19 Now Uzziah was holding in his hand a pan for burning incense, and he became very angry with the priests. While he was expressing his anger, while he stood beside the altar of incense in front of the priests, suddenly spots of leprosy appeared on his forehead.
-\v 20 When Azariah the high priest and all the other priests who were there looked at him, they saw the leprosy on his forehead, so they quickly took him outside. And truly the king was eager to leave the temple, because he knew that it was Yahweh who had caused him to have that leprosy, and he did not want it to become worse.
+\v 20 When Azariah the high priest and all the other priests who were there looked at him, they saw the leprosy on his forehead, so they quickly took him outside. And truly the king was eager to leave the temple because he knew that it was Yahweh who had caused him to have that leprosy, and he did not want it to become worse.
 
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-\v 3 Jotham's workers rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near the hill of Ophel.
+\v 3 Jotham's workers rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did much work to repair the wall near the hill of Ophel.
 \v 4 They built cities in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and towers for defense in the forests.
 
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-\v 5 During the time that he was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people. Then, every year during the next three years, he required them to pay to him about 3,300 kilograms of silver, 2,200 kiloliters of wheat, and 2,200 kiloliters of barley.
+\v 5 During the time that he was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammonite people. Then, every year during the next three years, he required them to pay to him about 3,300 kilograms of silver, 2,200 kiloliters of wheat, and 2,200 kiloliters of barley.
 
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 \v 6 In one day the army of Remaliah's son, King Pekah of Israel, killed 120,000 fine soldiers in Judah. That happened because the people of Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.
 
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-\v 7 Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed King Ahaz's son Maaseiah, Azrikam, who was in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king's assistant.
+\v 7 Zikri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed King Ahaz's son Maaseiah, Azrikam, who was in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king's assistant.
 \v 8 The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters of the soldiers of Judah. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
 
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-\v 26 A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the book of the kings ofJudah and Israel.
+\v 26 A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
 \v 27 Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
 
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 \v 33 The other animals that they brought were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats that were set apart for the honor of Yahweh, to be sacrifices.
 
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-\v 34 There were not enough priests to remove the skins from the animals that would be completely burned on the altar. So the descendants of Levi stepped in to helped the priests until the work was finished. The Levites were more hard-working and dedicated that the priests were.
+\v 34 There were not enough priests to remove the skins from the animals that would be completely burned on the altar. So the descendants of Levi stepped in to help the priests until the work was finished. The Levites were more hard-working and dedicated that the priests were.
 
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