18:25a So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it?

Moreover, do you think I have marched up to destroy this place without Yahweh’s command/permission?

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In addition, I would not have attacked this country if Yahweh had not told me to.

18:25b The LORD Himself said to me,

Yahweh himself directed me

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But Yahweh himself said to me,

18:25c ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

to come up to this land and destroy it.”

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‘Attack that ⌊Judah⌋ country and destroy it.’”

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19:20a Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah:

The Hebrew text does not have an explicit object for the verb “sent.” The Berean Standard Bible has supplied the object “a message.”

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah.

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Amoz’s son, ⌊the prophet⌋ Isaiah, then sent a man/messenger to King Hezekiah

19:20b “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:

“This is what Yahweh, the God of the people of Israel, says:

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with a word/message from Yahweh the God of Israel.

19:20c I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

I have heard what you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.

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Yahweh assured Hezekiah that he had heard Hezekiah’s prayer about Sennacherib king of Assyria.

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20:15a “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked.

Isaiah asked, “What did they see inside your palace?”

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Then the prophet asked ⌊him/Hezekiah⌋ , “What did you show them in your great house?”

20:15b “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah.

Hezekiah said, “They saw all the things that are inside my palace.

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Hezekiah replied, “I let them see all ⌊the treasures/valuables⌋ within my great house.

20:15c “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

There is/was not a thing in my treasure stores that I did not let them see.”

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I did not hide anything from them.”

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I showed them everything.”

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21:26a And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza,

Amon was buried in a tomb/grave in the garden of Uzza.

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People buried him in his ⌊father’s⌋ grave, which was in the garden ⌊that had belonged to⌋ Uzza.

21:26b and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

Then his son Josiah took his place as king.

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Josiah the son of Amon became the next/new king ⌊of Judah⌋ .

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23:12a He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz,

He destroyed the altars that were on the ⌊temple⌋ rooftop near the room of Ahaz. These had been built by ⌊some earlier⌋ kings of Judah.

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⌊Some of⌋ the ⌊past⌋ kings of Judah had caused/ordered places of sacrifice to be built on the upper level ⌊of the temple⌋ next to where Ahaz lived/stayed. Josiah had these broken down.

23:12b and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD.

⌊He also destroyed⌋ the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards inside the house of Yahweh.

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⌊King⌋ Manasseh had caused/ordered places of sacrifice to be built in the two open halls of the the temple of Yahweh. |⌊Josiah had these broken down⌋ also.

23:12c The king pulverized them there

The Hebrew consonants that the Berean Standard Bible translates as “pulverized them” can also be read as “and he ran.” However most English translations agree with the Berean Standard Bible.

He pulled them down, broke them into ⌊small⌋ bits,

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He had them carried away and crushed.

23:12d and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

and threw the heap of refuse/garbage into the brook Kidron.

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Then he had the remains/dust scattered in the wadi/stream called Kidron.

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24:7a Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again,

The king of Egypt did not lead his army out of Egypt again.

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The ruler of Egypt did not try to make war outside Egypt again.

24:7b because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory,

The king of Babylon had conquered/occupied all his land

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The ruler of Babylonia prevented him/it. He had taken all the land that the ruler of Egypt had controlled

24:7c from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

between the Brook of Egypt up to the River Euphrates.

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from the river at Egypt’s ⌊northern border⌋ to the Euphrates River.

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25:19a Of those still in the city,

From among those people who were still in the city,

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From among the people remaining in Jerusalem,

25:19b he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors.

The Hebrew phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as “royal advisers” is literally “men seeing the king’s face.” These were men who met with and advised the king personally.

he took away an officer who had been the leader of the soldiers, and five of the king’s advisors.

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he/Nebuzaradan also seized/arrested a commander of the army ⌊of Judah⌋ and five of the king’s personal counselors.

25:19c He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land,

He also took away the scribe of the army. This scribe was the officer responsible for recruiting/drafting the men of Judah ⌊into the army⌋ .

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He also seized/arrested the military officer responsible for the military records of Judah.

25:19d and sixty men who were found in the city.

The Revised Standard Version translates this literally as “sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.”

⌊He also took⌋ 60 of the men of Judah who were found in the city.

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And then he seized/arrested sixty (60) ⌊other⌋ men of Judah who were still in Jerusalem.

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1:15a Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah,

The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah,

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Then the angel of Yahweh told Elijah

1:15b “Go down with him.

“Go (sing.) down with that one/man to the king.

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that he could go with that army officer back/down ⌊to the king⌋

1:15c Do not be afraid of him.”

Do (sing.) not be afraid of him.”

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without being afraid.

1:15a-c (reordered)

The angel of Yahweh told Elijah that he need not be afraid of that captain/officer. He could accompany him back down to the king.

1:15d So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

So Elijah got up and went with that captain/commander to the king.

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So Elijah went with the officer and his soldiers to meet King Ahaziah.

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