18:24a For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants

How could you (sing.) defeat even one of my master’s lowest ranking officers?

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Certainly, you are not able to resist even the lowest ranking Assyrian official.

18:24b when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

You (sing.) have to depend on Egypt for chariots and for those who ride horses!

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You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses to assist you.

18:24a-b (reordered)

You are depending on Egypt for chariots and those who ride horses. So how could you defeat a single one of my master’s ordinary/common men/servants?

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19:19a And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand,

Yahweh our (excl.) God, now we (excl.) beg you to deliver us from the power ⌊of the Assyrian king/enemy⌋ .

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⌊But you are⌋ Yahweh our God. Please save us (excl.) from ⌊Sennacherib⌋ .

19:19b so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

Then the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only God.”

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⌊Save (sing.) us⌋ so that everyone in every country/nation on earth may/will know that you, Yahweh, are the one true God.”

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20:14a Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked,

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him,

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After that, the prophet Isaiah visited King Hezekiah. He asked the king,

20:14b “Where did those men come from,

“Where did they come from?

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“Which country did they come from?

20:14c and what did they say to you?”

What did those men say ⌊to you (sing.) ⌋ ?”

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What did those visitors tell ⌊you (sing.) ⌋ ?”

20:14d “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

Hezekiah answered, “They came from a distant land, the land of Babylon.”

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Hezekiah answered ⌊him/Isaiah⌋ , “They traveled/journeyed ⌊here⌋ from far away, from Babylon.”

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21:25a As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments,

Everything else that took place when Amon was ruling, and the things that he did,

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The other things that happened when Amon was king, and his own actions,

21:25b are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

is written in the record/history book of the kings of Judah.

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people/men have recorded in the book called History of the Kings of Judah.

21:25a-b (reordered)

You/One can read about Amon’s deeds and the other events of that/his time in a ⌊different⌋ book that records the history of the Judean kings.

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23:11a And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD

He ⌊also⌋ removed from the gate of the temple of Yahweh

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Josiah ⌊also⌋ took away from the door of the temple of Yahweh

23:11b the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun.

It is uncertain if the reference is to real horses or to statues.

the horses that the kings who ruled Judah had dedicated/consecrated for ⌊ceremonies honoring⌋ the sun.

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the horses that the ⌊earlier/previous⌋ kings of Judah had set aside for ⌊the worship of⌋ the sun ⌊god⌋ .

23:11c They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech.

The Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as “official” is literally “eunuch.” The term had probably come to be used in a general way for any court official.

They were ⌊kept⌋ in the court beside/by the room of an official called Nathan-Melek.

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The horses had been/stayed in the courtyard near the room where Nathan-Melek the court official ⌊lived⌋ .

23:11d And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

Josiah burned the chariots that were dedicated/consecrated to the sun god.

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King Josiah burned the war carts that were also set aside for ⌊the worship of⌋ the sun.

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24:6a And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers,

Jehoiakim joined his ancestors in death.

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⌊King⌋ Jehoiakim died and was buried with his ancestors.

24:6b and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

His son Jehoiachin became the next king.

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Then his son Jehoiachin began to rule in his place.

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Section 25:18-21

Nebuzaradan had the leading men of Judah put to death

25:18a The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest,

The captain of the guard captured/arrested Seraiah the high priest,

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⌊Nebuzaradan⌋ the chief of the bodyguard then took captive Seraiah the leader of the priests,

25:18b Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Zephaniah the deputy high priest, and the three officials in charge of the temple doors/security.

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Zephaniah the assistant leader, and the three other important temple officials.

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