18:8a He defeated the Philistines

He defeated the Philistine men/warriors.

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He conquered the men of Philistia.

18:8b as far as Gaza and its borders

⌊His army conquered the land⌋ up to Gaza and its surrounding territory

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⌊He was victorious⌋ as far as ⌊the city of⌋ Gaza and the villages nearby

18:8c from watchtower to fortified city.

from lookout tower to high-walled city.

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from the smallest settlement/village to the largest city.

18:8a-c (reordered)

He defeated all the Philistine towns from the smallest to the largest. He conquered all their land even to the far ⌊city of⌋ Gaza.

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19:3a to tell him,

They ⌊went and⌋ told Isaiah

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So these men ⌊went to Isaiah and⌋ gave him

19:3b “This is what Hezekiah says:

what Hezekiah had said:

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this message from Hezekiah.

19:3c Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace;

“This is a very painful/sad day. Today ⌊we (incl.) are⌋ being rebuked/corrected and humiliated.

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“Today ⌊we (incl.) ⌋ suffer. ⌊God⌋ is correcting/punishing ⌊us⌋ and humbling ⌊us⌋ .

19:3d for children have come to the point of birth,

It is like when babies are ready/about to be born

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⌊We (incl.) are like a woman⌋ whose time has come to give birth

19:3e but there is no strength to deliver them.

but ⌊their mothers⌋ are not strong enough to give them birth.

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but who is too weak to do it.

19:d-e (reordered)

We are like a woman who has no strength to bring to birth the child she is carrying.” (Revised English Bible)

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19:35a And that very night the angel of the LORD went out

That very night the angel of Yahweh went out

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That same night Yahweh sent his angel

19:35b and struck down 185,000 men

and killed one hundred and eighty-five thousand men

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and he killed 185,000 soldiers

19:35c in the camp of the Assyrians.

in the camp of the Assyrian ⌊army⌋ .

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in the place where the Assyria army stayed.

19:35a-c (reordered)

That very night, Yahweh sent an angel to the camp of the Assyrians, and the angel killed one hundred and eighty-five (185) thousand men.

19:35d When the people got up the next morning,

The traditional King James Version text translated the Hebrew of 19:35d-e literally in a way that makes modern readers laugh: “and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead men.” You may be able to avoid this problem by indicating that the survivors (possibly the servants) saw that the soldiers were all dead.

When the ⌊survivors⌋ got up early the next morning,

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When the ⌊others⌋ woke up in the morning

19:35e there were all the dead bodies!

the camp was full of dead bodies!

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they saw dead bodies everywhere!

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21:10a And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

Then Yahweh spoke through the prophets, his messengers. They said,

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So Yahweh sent his messengers, the prophets. They gave the people this message,

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22:17a because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods,

The people have left/abandoned me and they have burned incense to other gods.

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For these people have forgotten Yahweh and instead they have burnt incense to ⌊please/honor⌋ other gods.

22:17b that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands.

They have angered me by making idols.

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They have made Yahweh angry because of the idol gods they made for themselves.

22:17c My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

So my anger will burn ⌊like a fire⌋ against this land/place. Nothing/No one will be able to cool/stop it.’

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And so Yahweh in his anger will severely punish the people here. Nothing will make him stop.

22:17a-c (reordered)

I am furious with this place and will certainly punish it, because its people have turned away from me! They have started to worship other gods, idols they have made themselves.’

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Nothing can prevent Yahweh from punishing this place. Its people have made him very angry by making their own idols and worshiping/honoring them instead of him.

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23:29a At the end of Josiah’s reign,

While Josiah was ruling,

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During the time when Josiah ruled ⌊Judah⌋ ,

23:29b Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River.

the king of Egypt, Pharaoh Necho, marched to the River Euphrates to help the king of Assyria ⌊in battle⌋ .

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Pharaoh Necho, the ruler of Egypt, led his army to the Euphrates River to give support/aid to the king of Assyria.⌊ ⌋

23:29c King Josiah went out to confront him,

King Josiah went to meet and fight him,

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Then King Josiah led out ⌊his army⌋ to oppose/resist him.

23:29d but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

but Necho fought and killed him at Megiddo.

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However, Necho ⌊and the Egyptian army⌋ overpowered and killed him at Megiddo ⌊city⌋ .

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25:4a Then the city was breached;

Then the enemy made a hole/gap/breach in the city wall.

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At that time, ⌊Nebuchadnezzar’s army/soldiers⌋ broke into the city.

25:4b and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city,

Here and in 25:5a, 10a, 13a, and 24b, the Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates literally as “Chaldeans” is translated as “Babylonians” in some other versions. The Chaldeans were a tribe that had conquered Babylon over a hundred years before.

While the Chaldean/Babylonian ⌊men/soldiers⌋ were ⌊still⌋ all around the city.

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The Babylonian ⌊army⌋ was ⌊still⌋ surrounding the city.

25:4c all the men of war fled by night

The Berean Standard Bible has supplied the word “fled” from Jeremiah 39:4. The Hebrew text here in 25:4b has no verb.

All the fighting men ⌊in the city⌋ left at night.

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All the men in the army ⌊of Judah⌋ tried to escape while it was night/dark.

25:4d by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.

⌊They left⌋ through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.

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⌊They went/passed⌋ through the gate near the royal garden between ⌊the inner and outer⌋ walls ⌊of the city⌋ .

25:4e They headed toward the Arabah,

They ran toward the ⌊desert of⌋ Arabah.

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The men of Judah tried to escape ⌊with their king⌋ eastward to the Arabah ⌊desert⌋ .

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1:18a As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah,

Everything else that took place during Ahaziah’s rule,

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The other things that happened while Ahaziah was king,

1:18b along with his accomplishments,

and all that he did,

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and everything ⌊else⌋ that he did,

1:18c are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

is written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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are recorded in the official history of the kings of Israel.

1:18a-c (reordered)

The official records/annals of the kings of Israel tell/report the deeds of Ahaziah, together with all the other things that happened in his reign.

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The historians of Israel have written in their record books all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign and his ⌊other⌋ actions/deeds.

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