8:47a and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken,

There in the land where they are slaves, your people may decide to change/repent.
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There in the land where they are slaves, they will perhaps decide ⌊to return to Yahweh⌋.

8:47b and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying,

There in the land of their captors, they may turn from their sins, and plead with you for mercy. They will say,
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Perhaps they will turn away from the bad things they have done, and ask you for your help. They may admit that

8:47c ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

‘We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have done wicked things.’
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they have done evil/wrong in very many ways.

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9:13a “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram,

“What ⌊poor/shabby/worthless⌋ towns you have given me, my brother!” he said.
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and he said ⌊to King Solomon,⌋ “My friend, these towns that you have given me are not very ⌊good/nice/valuable⌋.”

9:13b and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.

And he called these towns the Land of Kabul, ⌊worthless⌋, a name they have even today.
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And ⌊King Hiram⌋ named the area/region “Land of Kabul,” ⌊that is, Worthless Land,⌋ ⌊because he thought the towns were worthless⌋. Until today this is the name of that place.

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10:17a He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold;

He also had three hundred small shields made, ⌊again⌋ using beaten gold,
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King Solomon also had his workmen make three hundred small shields covered/overlaid with gold.

10:17b three minas of gold went into each shield.

with about four pounds of gold for each shield.
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They used about four pounds of gold for each small shield.

10:17c And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

The king placed ⌊all these shields⌋ in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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Then the king had the shields put in the hall called Lebanon Forest/Woods.

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11:20a And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath.

The sister of Taphenes gave him a son named Genubath.
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They had a son named Genubath.

11:20b Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace,

The New International Version follows the Septuagint, which says “reared.” The Masoretic Text says “weaned.”

⌊Queen⌋ Taphenes brought him up in Pharaoh’s palace,
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Taphenes raised the boy in the home of the king ⌊of Egypt⌋.

11:20c and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.

and Genubath stayed/lived in the palace among/with Pharaoh’s own children.
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There he ⌊spent/passed his time⌋ with/among the king’s own children.

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15:7a As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments,

The other things that happened while Abijah ruled, and all he himself did,
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Everything else that took place while Abijah was king, including the king’s deeds,

15:7b are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

are written in the scroll/book of the records of the kings who ruled Judah.
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is recorded in the book containing/telling the history of the kings of Judah.

15:7a-b (reordered)

⌊You/One can read⌋ a report about the other events of Abijah’s reign and his accomplishments. It is in the book called History of the Kings of Judah.

15:7c And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

The war/fighting between Abijah and Jeroboam continued.
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⌊The armies of⌋ Abijah and Jeroboam continued to fight one another.

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