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-\v 1 When Asa had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-six years, King Baasha of Israel went with his army to attack Judah. They captured the town of Ramah north of Jerusalem and started to build a wall around it, in order to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that King Asa ruled.
+\v 1 When Asa had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-six years, King Baasha of Israel went with his army to attack Judah. They captured the town of Ramah north of Jerusalem and started to build a wall around it to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that King Asa ruled.
 
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-\v 2 So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace, and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. He sent him a message, saying,
-\v 3 "I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you much silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, because he will be afraid of your army."
+\v 2 So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. He sent him a message, saying,
+\v 3 "I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you much silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, so that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine because he will be afraid of your army."
 
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 \v 7 At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on Yahweh our God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from you.
-\v 8 Remember that the huge armies from Ethiopia were very powerful. But when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
+\v 8 Remember that the great armies from Ethiopia were very powerful. But when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
 
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 \v 9 That happened because Yahweh sees what is happening all over the earth, and he strengthens those who completely trust him. You have done a very foolish thing, so from now on other armies will be fighting your army."
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 \v 13 Asa had been ruling for about forty-one years when he died.
-\v 14 People buried him in the tomb that his workers had made for him in the part of Jerusalem called "the city of David." They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
+\v 14 People buried him in the tomb that his workers had made for him in the part of Jerusalem called the city of David. They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
 
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 \v 5 Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All the people of Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
-\v 6 He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the places on hilltops were idols were worshiped and the places where poles were set up and used to worship the goddess Asherah all throughout Judah.
+\v 6 He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the places on hilltops where idols were worshiped and the places where poles were set up and used to worship the goddess Asherah all throughout Judah.
 
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 \v 12 Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
 \v 13 Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses.
-\p Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
+\p Jehoshaphat also placed experienced soldiers in Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 14 The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows:
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 \v 15 His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
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-\v 16 Next was Zicri's son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 courageous soldiers.
+\v 16 Next was Zikri's son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 courageous soldiers.
 
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 \v 1 Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab of Israel.
-\v 2 Several years later, he went down from Jerusalem to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him, and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle for a feast.
+\v 2 Several years later, he went down from Jerusalem to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle for a feast.
 \v 3 Then he asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you and your army go with my army to attack the city of Ramoth in the region of Gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied, "My soldiers and I are at your orders. We will go to war when you tell us to go."
 
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 \v 4 Then he added, "But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do."
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-\v 5 So the king of Israel gathered all his four hundred prophets and asked them, "Should we go to fight the people of Ramoth, or should we not?"
-\p They replied, "Yes, go and attack them because God will enable your army to defeat them."
+\v 5 So the king of Israel gathered all of his four hundred prophets and asked them, "Should we go to fight the people of Ramoth, or should we not?"
+\p They replied, "Yes, go and attack them, because God will enable your army to defeat them."
 
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 \v 6 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?"
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-\v 7 The king of Israel replied, "There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says that anything good about me. He always predicts that bad things will happen to me."
+\v 7 The king of Israel replied, "There is still one man here whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts that bad things will happen to me."
 \p Jehoshaphat replied, "King Ahab, you should not say that!"
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 \v 8 So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
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 \v 9 Now the king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were sitting by the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were busy saying words of prophecy to them.
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-\v 10 One of them whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says: 'With horns like these, your army will keep attacking the army of Aram like a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them.'"
-\v 11 All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, "Yes! If you attack Ramoth in Gilead, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them."
+\v 10 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says: 'With horns like these, your army will keep attacking the army of Aram like a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them.'"
+\v 11 All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, "Yes! If you attack Ramoth in Gilead, you will be successful because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them."
 
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-\v 15 But King Ahab wished to appear reverent toward Yahweh in front of Jehoshaphat. He said to Miciaiah, "I keep telling you to say only what Yahweh tells you to say!"
+\v 15 But King Ahab wished to appear reverent toward Yahweh in front of Jehoshaphat. He said to Micaiah, "I keep telling you to say only what Yahweh tells you to say!"
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 \v 16 Then Micaiah replied, "The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.'"
 
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 \v 17 Ahab turned to Jehoshaphat and said, "I told you that Micaiah never says anything good will happen to me! He only predicts bad things for me."
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-\v 18 But Micaiah continued, saying, "Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven standing around him, on his right side and on his left side.
+\v 18 But Micaiah continued, saying, "Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven standing around him on his right side and on his left side.
 
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-\v 19 And Yahweh said, 'Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?'
+\v 19 And Yahweh said, 'Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, to go to fight against the people of Ramoth so that he may be killed there?'
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-\v 20 Finally one spirit forward and said, 'I can do it!'
+\v 20 Finally one spirit came forward and said, 'I can do it!'
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 \v 21 The spirit replied, 'I will go and inspire all of Ahab's prophets to tell lies.' Yahweh said, 'You will be successful; go and do it!'
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 \v 28 So the king of Israel and the king of Judah led their armies to Ramoth in Gilead.
-\v 29 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "I will put on different clothes, in order that no one will recognize that I am the king. But you should wear your royal robe." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
+\v 29 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "I will put on different clothes so that no one will recognize that I am the king. But you should wear your royal robe." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
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 \v 30 The king of Aram had told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, "Attack only the king of Israel! Do not attack anyone else."
 
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-\v 33 But one Aramean soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing who he was. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, "Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!"
-\v 34 The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Aramean soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
+\v 33 But one Aramean soldier shot an arrow at Ahab without knowing who he was. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, "Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!"
+\v 34 The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot facing the Aramean soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
 
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